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Affirmative Action

 Many public and nonprofit organizations have decided to implement voluntary affirmative action
programs to redress previous discriminatory employment practices or make their workforce more
representative.

 Involuntary affirmative action is permitted under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 706(g), which
states that if a court finds that an employer has intentionally engaged in an unlawful employment
practice, it may order appropriate affirmative action.

1. Conciliation agreement – Employer acknowledges discriminatory practices & agrees to
change to meet compliance

2. Consent decree – An agreement between an employer and compliance agency with
approval and enforcement of the court

3. Court order – When compliance agency takes employer to court & court ordered
remedies may be imposed