One of the most controversial issues in the field of employment law today is tha

One of the most controversial issues in the field of employment law today is that of affirmative action, and whether or not such policies for hiring are morally defensible. Affirmative action also happens to be an important topic in colleges and universities, where its use in admissions decisions is hotly contested. In fact, the Trump administration recently declared its intentions to legally challenge the use of affirmative action in post-secondary admissions settings.
 
Go to the website www.fcexpertwitness.comLinks to an external site.. Click on Publications. Find and read the articles entitled “Affirmative Action Is More Complicated Than It Appears”.
 
Suppose you work for a major hotel chain in a human resources leadership capacity. One day, your boss asks you to publish a memo for the company’s leadership team regarding the propriety of affirmative action in hiring. The company is concerned that its employee base isn’t diverse enough, and that they risk scrutiny and perhaps even disparate impact discrimination penalties if their workforce demographics were to ever be audited by the government.  
 
In no less than 2,000 words, take a stance on the issue of affirmative action, and articulate your opinion to your company’s leaders in a professional memo. Although you will be defending one side of this issue (either for or against), be sure to analyze and discuss BOTH sides. Your submission should include, but is not limited to, thoughts on the following questions:
What are the arguments in favor of each side? 
What are the arguments against each side? 
What relevant case law exists on the subject of affirmative action? Which side does it favor?
What is the EEOC’s current position on voluntary workplace affirmative action policies?
What other companies in the industry have adopted affirmative action policies? To which minorities do they give preference? 
What potential consequences would there be if your company’s leaders follow your advice? 
What potential consequences would there be if your company’s leaders ignore your advice?  
 
Remember that this project is a legal analysis of facts and circumstances, not an editorial piece. In the law, you don’t get to say something ought to be a certain way because “that’s the way I feel”. You must defend your position with sound, rational reasoning. As such, research is an integral part of this project. Your memo should include a minimum of 5 external sources, and they must be cited properly in APA format.
 
Your submission will be uploaded to the term project dropbox in Webcourses. Please use APA formatting for your submissions, including paper format and references. Also, please be sure to proofread your work, as credit will be deducted for grammatical and/or formatting errors.
 
IMPORTANT: Do not plagiarize. This assignment uses TurnItIn.com for originality verification. If you copy/paste from other sources, I will know it, and you will receive a zero.
 
The grading rubric for the term project is as follows:
 
Substance and Content
Addresses all components of the assignment with complete answers and discussion.
9 pts
Sources
Uses required number of sources.
5 pts
APA Formatting
Paper and references are in proper APA format.
3 pts
Grammar
Writing is grammatically correct, and free of spelling and syntax errors.
3 pts
Length Requirement
Credit deduction proportional to length shortfall (e.g. if submission is 80% of required length, max eligible credit shall be 80% before other deduction). For an explanation regarding why length requirement is important, please read this article: https://onlinelearningtips.com/2019/08/length-requirements-papers/Links to an external site.