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Affirmative Action
In order to evaluate whether Fairview County Public Library's affirmative action plan is valid, identifying the basis for its implementation is necessary. Affirmative mainly serves to redress the injustices caused by a society's historical discrimination against people of color, women and other minority groups by leveling the uneven playing ground (Maltz, 2005). Through affirmative action, institutions and organizations attempt to foster diversity in a liberal and democratic society. This is exhibited by prestigious institutions of higher learning. Admission policies on affirmative action have been effective in aligning the balance of opportunity and power whilst ensuring that formerly excluded societal groups are currently included in the system (Bennett-Alexander & Hartman, 2009).
Evidently, the affirmative action plan will be valid when it creates a level playing field for a minority group biased in the current system. It is important to clarify why three of thirty supervisors in the library branches are male, although they make up twenty-five percent of the branch librarians. In this way, in order to put in place an affirmative action plan that favors the promotion of men, the low number of male personnel in the higher levels of leadership has to be mainly due to either discrimination or the existence...
However, there are various careers where women tend to excel or find interest in comparison to their male counterparts such as secretarial and housekeeping. In contrast, there are other careers that men have a stronger preference, interest, and chances of excelling in contrast to their female counterpart such as plumbing, masonry, and driving heavy machinery. Therefore, since the case does not indicate that the low number of male supervisory librarians is due to discrimination or biasness in the system, it could be assumed that the factors at play are similar to those exhibited in other related fields such as secretarial, housekeeping (Bennett-Alexander & Hartman, 2009).
Furthermore, implementing an affirmative action plan will go against the provisions of this civil rights act of 1964 clearly outlawing gender and race discrimination during employee selection and promotion. While considering gender as a major factor in the promotion of librarians, it will be discriminating against women and violating the Act.
Therefore, the most appropriate course of action would involve conducting a research study…
References
Bennett-Alexander, D.D., & Hartman, L.P. (2009). Employment law for business (6th ed.). New
York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
Maltz, L. (2005). Affirmative action. Farmington Hills, MI: Greenhaven Press.
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