Page 18 - Policies and Procedures

 Whereas equal employment opportunity is a policy of
nondiscrimination, affirmative action requires employers to analyze
their workforces and develop plans of action to recruit, select, train,
and promote members of protected classes and develop plans of
action to correct areas in which past discrimination may have
occurred

 Affirmative action is used by the federal government to promote a
more diverse workforce
Affirmative  The Supreme Court has upheld the use of court-ordered affirmative

Action action programs designed to eliminate egregious past
discrimination and voluntary affirmative action plans designed to
increase the representation of women and minorities in
nontraditional jobs or in traditionally segregated positions

 The Supreme Court has not upheld the use of racial quotas when
race serves as the only criterion for admission to universities and
advanced graduate programs or when race is used to abrogate
seniority systems in layoffs. Hiring and promotional preferences may
be permissible to redress past discrimination but not layoffs