... The general definition of this program is: affirmative action exists whenever an organization goes out of its way (i.e. exerts effort) to help realize the goal of true equality among people.2 A distinction must also be made concerning the aspect of classical affirmative action, its components and other laws and regulations that are sometimes tied with it. Classical affirmative action is the action policy established by Executive Order 11246, developed by President Lyndon Johnson.3 This form of affirmative action plan includes many elements and processes. One author (Tucker, 2000, 17) states that to be an affirmative action employer is to make sure that the organization imposes no artificial barriers to persons in targeted categories. This plan, on the other hand, has one problem with it. In its efforts not to discriminate against minorities such as ethnic minorities, women and white males that have fought in the Vietnam War, this unorganized ...

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