Increasing Utility Through Affirmative Action

Since the second half of the twentieth century governments and corporations have implemented numerous policies and programs which actively promote the hiring of minorities in the workplace. This active push towards diversity in the workplace is referred to as affirmative action.. Canada's Charter of Right and Freedoms even includes a sub-section that details the allowance of such programs. Opponents of these programs argue they create indefensible quotas that place unjust pressure on companies to hire minorities, and that they lead to the discrimination of sometimes more qualified white males. Furthermore, that the implementation of these programs are only creating more inequalities and ill-will towards the minorities the programs are intended to help; thus, they feel the programs, in any form, are not justifiable. While it is true that affirmative action does lead to more inequalities in some instances, this alone does not inherently lead to the conclusion that such programs are unjust. …