Cityside Financial Services used affirmative action to hire employees that fit personally with the communities it served. It used a two-part strategy to conduct business: reinvesting in the neighborhood businesses and housing development and attracting investments from wealthy clientele. Two units in the Sales Division, Retail and External Deposits, offered services to grow the neighborhood. The goal was to hire women and African-Americans in order to speak to local clients. The Retail Department
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UNIT 3C: REPRESENTATIVE PROCESS IN THE USA SECTION 1: ELECTIONS & VOTING Primaries: * Election to select a parties candidacy for president * Open primary: A primary for any registered voter, democrat or republican. E.G. Texas * Closed: A primary for democrats and a primary for Republicans. (Separate one’s) * Invisible primary: candidates try to gain support and finance in the year before the primary * Proportional primary: awarded delegates in proportion to votes they
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Platinum Health Services (PHS) Maria Taylor Baker College HRM 291 – Human Resources Professor: LJ Hansen-Brown December 08, 2012 Platinum Health Services (PHS) In today’s world the healthcare industry is in critical need for a company with strong core values that can assist in their upkeep. Platinum Health Services is a company that has great strategies when it comes to its Human Resource management aspects as well as the laws. Some of the company’s human resource management processes are
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Women in the Technology Field COM/156 Women in the Technology Field The revolution of technology had begun centuries ago; it had been the work of many over the years to bring it where it is today. It entailed people with bright imaginations to come up with technological inventions. These inspiring designs were then taken and built upon to improve its operation. Finally computers were no longer a revolution, but an evolution. During the course of time many men as well as women were affected
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Taft-Hartley Act – 1947 *Wagner plus Taft-Hartley equals the National Labor Relations Act Federal Employment Law *Fair Labor Standards Act – 1938 (FLSA) *Minimum Wage -Lowest amount the employer can pay the employee. Minimum wage is exposed in pay for dollar per hour. *Maximum Hours -Employee must be paid at the premium rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of 40 within any 7-day period -Exemptions: Executive, professional and administrative employees -Executives are VP, president
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tremendous strides to dismantle the foundations of racism, it is clear and evident that racism still persists within the institutions of our society. I believe that America is one of greatest countries on the earth and it is a land of opportunity for everyone. The American dream is alive and well and many people of all races have had tremendous success. With these positives in place, it is no wonder why there have been so many incredible achievements by African Americans in the 21st century
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Microeconomics Writing assignment 4 I Hope I Am Not Dreaming On one sunny spring morning, I stepped out of my bed and thought to myself, when does all this end. I knew that I had to pick extra shifts at work because my mother needed some money. My mother had exactly one month to come up with 80 thousand shillings, and if not she would lose her house, that she had used as a collateral for a school loan in order for my younger brother to go to school. Mother had always taught
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Policy brief series: No. 3; 2008 July CLRA Policy Brief for Parliamentarians Women’s Reservation A Long Delayed and a Much Needed Step “Achieving the goal of equal participation of women and men in decision making will provide a balance that more accurately reflects the composition of society and is needed in order to strengthen democracy and promote its proper functioning… Without the active participation of women and the incorporation of women's perspectives at all levels of decision-making
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Rights, Acts, and Discrimination Rights and laws are put into effect every day to help support the rights against discrimination and the integrity of an organization. Sometimes our rights are taken advantage of and we are not able to fight for equal rights. Organizations, such as the BFOQ or the Federal Privacy Act, help assist in our rights and safety for human beings. The BFOQ or the Bona Fide Occupational Qualifications are a set of qualifications to help consider the right decision about
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management program Diversity Management and Affirmative Action Programs Diversity Pros | Diversity cons | * Stereotyping – eg. ‘Older people cannot work hard’ - Stereotyping is a process in which someone ascribes specific behavioral traits to individuals based on their apparent membership in a group. | * Bring Ideas – knowledge and life experiences to provide a pool of new ideas | * Discrimination - Discrimination means taking specific actions toward or against the person based on the
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