Identify the 10 myths about Equal employment opportunity (EEO)

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10 Myths about EEO Plous chapter

• Identify the 10 myths about Equal employment
  opportunity (EEO)
• Falsify each with empirical evidence or logical
  reasoning
• Compare with myths in Human Rights Doc

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Non-EEO Policies

• Colour-blind policies do not result in a
  colour-blind society
• Whites are advantaged by colour blind policies
• Promotion via seniority advantages Whites bec
  they are usually senior
• Admissions solely on aptitude test scores hide
  educational disadvantages due to SES/race

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Results of EEO

• EEO has increased representation of women and VM
• Canadian Human Rights Commission 2004 Annual
  Report
• Still, all is NOT fair today
• Indicators of discrimination like representation
  at top management levels, wage gaps, unemployment
  rates show inequalities (CRRF report based on
  1996 census)

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Results of EEO

• EEO does not result in losses to Whites
• Percent of unemployed VMs to percent of employed
  Whites is small
• Percent of qualified unemployed VMs to employed
  Whites is smaller
• Main causes of job loss are
• Outsourcing
• Automation (e.g., computerization)
• Downsizing

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What affects Whites unemployment
Downsizing
VMs employment
Whites unemployment
Outsourcing
Automation
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Comparing VM groups

• If Jewish/Asian people can advance, why not those
  of African descent?
• History of African Canadians (slavery, forced
  migration, legal segregation)
• Perceived racial differences are harder to
  overcome

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Definition of EEO Discrimination

• Cant repair the effects of discrimination with
  EEO
• Discrimination is a result of prejudice,
  attitudes, stereotyping and societal structures
• EEO is an effort to overcome causes of
  discrimination, via a change in societal structure

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Individuals Prejudice Stereotype

Discrimination

Organizational Norms
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Individuals Prejudice Stereotype

Discrimination
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Organizational Norms

EEO regulations
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Results of EEO

• EEO undermines self-esteem of women and VM
• Results of laboratory experiments do not
  generalize to employee survey results
• To Whites
• EEO increases job satisfaction org commitment
  in beneficiaries

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Types of EEO

• Support for EEO implies support for hiring
  unqualified candidates over qualified ones
• EEO Hiring involves choosing among
• Equally qualified candidates
• Comparable candidates
• Differences b/w qualifications is not significant
• Unequal candidates
• Meet min requirements for job
• Unqualified candidates
• Do not meet min requirements for jobs

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Public Support for EEO

• Depends on whether procedural justice concerns
  are violating when implementing EEO
• What is procedural justice?
• Depends on type of EEO prog (see previous slide)

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Political backing for EEO

• EEO is a social experiment by liberal democrats
• Is this really relevant for Canada?

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Myths in the Human rights doc

• Racism is exaggerated
• People in Canada do not notice race
• Mentioning racism or addressing racism
  constitutes reverse racism towards Whites
• If racial discrimination did not occur in the
  past, it didnt occur in the present, wont
  occur in the future
• Racialized people are
• less credible, too sensitive, manipulative in use
  of race card, to blame for racism.
• Immigrants
• take away jobs, commit more crime, drain Canadian
  system, do not fit.