Affirmative Action and Employment at Will

Utilizing case law examples, discuss the arguments for and against the concepts of affirmative action and employment at will.
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Affirmative action refers to the recruitment and admission policies that offer equal access to employment and educational opportunities for certain groups that have been historically underrepresented or excluded such as the physically challenged, women and minorities. Conversely, employment-at-will concept implies that an employer can dismiss his or her staff at any time without any … is free to leave or quit without any explanation or notice. Generally, there is a lot of controversy surrounding the legality and constitutionality of affirmative action policies as well as employment at will. Legal experts and other stakeholders have advanced different arguments for and against these concepts (Kennedy, 2015).

Arguments for Affirmative Action and Employment at Will

Affirmative Action Affirmative action is one of the achievements realized by the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement in America. In 1961, President Kennedy issued an executive order that required government institutions to recruit…