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€uroMeinke · 02-15-2006, 01:21 PM

I think the concept behind affirmative action is a good one - that is to make sure that in your recruiting/outreach/bidding, you look to a broader more diverse pool of candidates rather than narrowly focus on one community (that has no basis on the thing you're recruiting for)

However, I think the attempt to montior and measure these programs often has disasterous effects for the programs themselves - you get what you measure.

scaeagles · 02-15-2006, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

However, I think the attempt to montior and measure these programs often has disasterous effects for the programs themselves - you get what you measure.

I've always thought it was funny when people who are pro affirmative action people say that they aren't looking for quotas, they only want to measure your progress in diversity by checking how many of each race and/or gender you have hired.

€uroMeinke · 02-15-2006, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by scaeagles

I've always thought it was funny when people who are pro affirmative action people say that they aren't looking for quotas, they only want to measure your progress in diversity by checking how many of each race and/or gender you have hired.

Exactly - the metrics kill the program.

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