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In a test of job-relevant skills for recruitment, candidate A (“majority” eg a man) scores 5% more than candidate B (minority, e.g. a woman), yet the job is given to B, due to an affirmative action policy and program. Give at least 6 separate reasons why this is a good thing and six separate reasons why it’s a bad thing.

2. In a controlled experiment questionnaire people think AA is unfair
27/8
Extremely
unfair
Minority is
employed
Majority is
employed
Perceived
fairness
Extremely
fair
20 less
20 more
How much more
the majority
person scored

3. Main arguments for and against AA
27/8
FOR…
Increase distributive justice
Compensate for past discrimination
Avoids waste of minority’s talents*
Broadens talent pool of organisation*
Customer in-person service preferences*
Doubtful validity of job-related tests*
Individuals’ claims of past injustices are hard to verify*
AA-hire becomes Role Model
Network-hiring favors majority
* = efficiency related (utility, profit, CA). The others are fairness (justice) related.
AGAINST…
Use task-relevant criteria*
Compensate the individuals actually harmed, not a group
Take into account individuals’ injustice claims
Discriminates against current majority
Directly violates equality by using gender /ethnicity / race /nationality as explicit criterion
Leads to the denigration of job- related achievements of minority group members
Minority group might actually be inferior [arg suggested by Af Am!]