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SOCIAL EQUITY

SOCIAL EQUITY. PPA 400 By Daphne B. Harley. SOCIAL EQUITY? . Fairness in public services delivery Equal right to equal treatment Moral crusades Need for legislation Where it falls on PA agenda. Challenge of Equality. Racism Reconstruction EEO Case for Affirmative Action

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SOCIAL EQUITY

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  1. SOCIAL EQUITY PPA 400 By Daphne B. Harley

  2. SOCIAL EQUITY? • Fairness in public services delivery • Equal right to equal treatment • Moral crusades • Need for legislation • Where it falls on PA agenda

  3. Challenge of Equality • Racism • Reconstruction • EEO • Case for Affirmative Action • Case Against • Representative Bureaucracy • Reverse Discrimination

  4. Other Forms of Discrimination • Sex • Sexual Harassment • Pregnancy • Age • Disabilities • Sexual Orientation

  5. Role of PA • Obligated to administer laws fairly • Seek to hire a diverse workforce • Moral Leadership

  6. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION • Quantitative • Legally Driven • Remedial • Based on Assimilation Model • Opens door in hiring process • Resisted due to perceived fears, restrictions and reverse discrimination

  7. VALUING DIFFERENCES • Is Qualitative • Ethically Driven • Idealistic • Based on Diversity Model • Opens Attitudes and Minds • Resistance due to fear of Change & discomfort with differences

  8. EMBRACING DIVERSITY • Is Behavioral • Strategically driven • Pragmatic • Based on Synergy Model • Opens the System • Resistance due to Denial of Demographic realities.

  9. WHY VALUE DIVERSITY? • Global Marketing • Demand for Labor • Makes Good Business Sense! • Demographics have Changed!

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