---Where do You Stand on Affirmative Action Programs?

Questions: After reading some of the articles below, do you support affirmative action programs? Why or why not? If not, what actions or alternative programs, if any, do you recommend to ensure equal job and promotion opportunities for a diverse workforce? Presenting Both Sides of the Issue Affirmative Action: What You Need To Know by Charlene Marmer Soloman, Workforce. (Workforce requires that you complete a free registration before gaining access to its articles) Originally printed in Personnel Journal, August 1995, Vol. 74, No. 8, pp. 56-67. This article is a great place to start for broad perspective on affirmative action. Affirmative Action Special Report by the Washington Post. Very extensive compilation of key stories, editorials and select columns from past editions of the newspaper. A new Push for Blind Justice: Preferences for minorities and women are under attack in the courts, in Congress and on the ballot by Richard Lacayo, Time, 1995. Although this article was published before the vote in California against affirmative action programs, it does a good job of presenting the history and issues surrounding affirmative action. Supporting Affirmative Action Washington State Chapter of the National Organization for Women: Position Paper on Affirmative Action, January, 1998. Affirmative Action Opening up workplace networks to Afro-Americans by Orlando Patterson, The Brookings Review, Spring 1998 Vol. 16 No. 2 Pages 17-23. Central Florida businesspeople support diverse work forces Susan Lundine, Orlando Business Journal, January 27, 1997. Opposing Affirmative Action or showing Alternatives to Affirmative Action Issue Brief: Affirmative Action by The Heritage Foundation. Diversity, Building a Rainbow One Stripe at a Time by Marc Adams, HR Magazine, August, 1998. Describes other approaches to recruiting a diverse workforce besides affirmative action. Attitudes about Affirmative Action (At Your Library) What Blacks Think Of Corporate America by Shelly Branch, Fortune, Vol 138, July 6, 1998, page 140+. Scroll down to the survey questions, "If affirmative action programs were eliminated, do you think that the prospects for hiring and advancement of African-Americans in American corporations would get better, stay the same, or get worse?" and "Do you think affirmative action programs have outlived their usefulness?"

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