Compare and contrast discrimination and affirmative action
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: In a social and economic sense, discrimination refers to the denial of opportunities to individuals on the basis of some characteristic that has no bearing on their ability to perform in a job. Affirmative action refers to activities undertaken by businesses to recruit and promote members of groups whose economic progress had been hindered through either legal barriers or established practices.
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A. NAFTA B. APEC C. GATT D. WTO E. MERCOSUR
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a. Increase in working capital b. Decrease in working capital c. No effect on working capital d. Unable to determine
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a. decrease b. increase c. remain constant d. not enough information given to decide
A core competency is ______.
a. the sum of all essential functions of an organization b. defined by a company’s vision statement c. what gives the company an important difference in providing customer benefits and perceived value d. the financial strength of the company