1. ” ? 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. 27

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

3. Main arguments for and against AA 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!] 27/8