Business Ethics: Affirmative Action

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The application of the term affirmative action in business ethics implies the the discriminative employment practices , and it may incorporate a legal directive of the government , for instance a legal directive from the federal government of the United States to federal contractors aiming in developing a work force which directly represent or mirror the community in which these contractors are operating HYPERLINK "http /ezinearticles .com ?Affirmative-Action-Versus-Diversity---Whats-T he-Real- http /ezinearticles .com ?Affirmative-Action-Versus-Diversity---Whats-Th e-Real- Difference id 158852 ) For

instance in the United States of America , affirmative action was purposely meant to correct the historic discriminatory employment practices over the minorities and women which were instigated by recruiting procedures ,hiring criteria and accessibility to training . The issue of affirmative action can also be designed to correct the the damage caused to some group in society during the past discriminations or involvement in activities for the common good , like in the case of Disabled Veterans Affirmative Action Program (DVAAP ) in the United states (http /www .opm .gov /employ /veterans /DVAAP .asp

The veterans are the people who had sacrificed their time in the military operation in foreign wars for the sake of their patriotism for their country ,for example the civil war veterans of the United States In recognizing their sacrifice , the congress of the federal Government enacted laws that were set to protect veteran from being penalized for the time wasted in the military servicing in the process of seeking federal employment . These laws recognizes the loss that this veteran incurred economically and a sign of appreciation for their devotion in serving their country , thus they are meant in at least promoting them into a competitive edge in seeking government posts and above all as a sign of acknowledging their commitment , although currently disabled

The issue of applying affirmative action directed to giving prefferences to veterans is justifiable in the sense that , they had wasted time in the military at the expense of developing themselves professionally for the common good of the whole country . The peace and happiness than the current people are enjoying is not that it just came to be there , but rather fought for by these veterans , who got disabilities in the fight , in which some of the disabilities are obstacles for their effort in developing their professionalism and featuring along competitive job post in the government . According the utilitarianism school of thought that explain that an action is good if it is for the common good without factoring in the personal interests ,the action of the veterans is justifiable because they had placed aside their personal interests and rather opted to fight in the military in the process of protecting the citizens of the United states , which was rather a goal for the common good . They had wasted their time and exposed themselves to risk that rendered them disabled ( HYPERLINK "http /www .utilitarian .org /utility .html http /www .utilitarian .org /utility .html HYPERLINK "http /www .utilitarian .org /utility .html .Therefore...