Equal Opportunity Policies

Paper Summary:

The objective of this paper is to critically examine Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) policies, especially those of ethnicity, gender, or disability under the current British Governmental Educational policy or proposed policy. The paper shows that while laws, policies and regulations have been enacted in Britain to ensure that (EEO's) exist for all individuals regardless of ethnicity, gender or disability, at the same time other more inherent problems exist that must be addressed, such as the lack of education and training within the British workforce.

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Objective
Introduction
Key Terms of the Study
British Race Equality Policies
Report of the European Employment Observatory
Summary and Conclusion

From the Paper:

"According to the work of Dhami, Squires and Modood "It has been suggested that political policy-makers and theorists operate on an 'egalitarian plateau' in which everyone accepts that citizens should be treated as equals. However, there is profound disagreement to what 'treating people as equals' requires." Dhami, Squires and Modood state that previous generations have entered a debate surrounding the "relative merits of equality of opportunity versus equality of outcome" and that it is now held by only a few that the political ideal is 'equality of outcome'. It is stated as well that a 'minimal concept of equality of opportunity' equates with disallowing an individual's race, gender or religion "to affect their chances of being selected for a job, of getting a good education...." and the like however it is held within the 'conventional conception' that in addition to this that "one should also be concerned to ensure that everyone has an equal chance to acquire the relevant competencies, skills and qualifications"

Sample of Sources Used:

• Cheung, S-Y. and Heath, A. (forthcoming), 'Nice Work if you can get it: ethnic minority Disadvantage in Great Britain'. In Heath, A. and Cheung, S.Y. (eds.) Unequal Chances: Ethnic Minorities in Western Labour Markets. Oxford: Oxford University Press. In Dhami, Ravinder Singh; Squires, Judith; and Modood, Tariq (2006) Developing Positive Action Policies: Learning from the Experiences of Europe and North America. Department for Work and Pensions. Research Report No. 406. Online available at: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/rports2005-2006/rrep406.pdf
• Dhami, Ravinder Singh; Squires, Judith; and Modood, Tariq (2006) Developing Positive Action Policies: Learning from the Experiences of Europe and North America. Department for Work and Pensions. Research Report No. 406. Online available at: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/rports2005-2006/rrep406.pdf
• Breen, Eleanor (2006) Contribution to the EEO Autumn Review 2006 'Flexicurity'. European Employment Observatory. November. Online available at: http://www.eu-employment-observatory.net/resources/reports/UK-FlexicurityAR06.pdf
• Tsang, C.R. and Dietz, T. (2001) 'The unrelenting significance of minority statuses: gender, ethnicity, and economic attainment since affirmative action', Sociological Spectrum, 21: 61-80.
• Wahl, A.V. (2005) 'Liberal, Conservative, Social Democratic, or...European? The European Union as Equal Employment Regime', in Social Politics, 12 (1), pp. 67-95.

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