Action T4

views, stances, opinions and even laws on affirmative action. In 1961, “affirmative action” was first said in an Executive Order signed by President John F. Kennedy. President Lyndon Johnson followed through with the advocacy for affirmative action by signing an Executive Order in 1965. That executive order required government contractors to use affirmative action policies in their hiring to increase the number of minority employees. Affirmative Action was not strictly used for employment, but…

first grade to beginning of second grade. The student received all his academic instruction in her adaptive classroom with six other students. She taught the students with the aid of a teacher assistant. I took the opportunity to conduct an action research study to address the undesired behavior. The first step was to determine if the student was eligible to take part in a self-monitoring intervention program, which is a research based strategy used in managing behaviors. I used the six…

But, in action, it is much more emotional than this. It is the denial and oppression of your sister, mother, aunt, or friend despite her qualifications and ability. The glass ceiling has been around for as long as women have worked outside the home; it effects positions held and wages earned. The glass ceiling has been prodded with government regulations like the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which tries to guarantee equal opportunity to all people. But such actions cannot be…

Non-Smoking Hiring Policies Such an approach can be seen when companies, that share the same viewpoint, craft policies forbidding the hiring of those who smoke cigarettes. The rationale behind the policy of maintaining a staff of non-smokers is to guarantee that new and current employees are not susceptible to the various types of cancer associated with smoking cigarettes. By excluding smokers in the workplace, there can be more focus on maximizing productivity without any health-related…

The American society has come a long way. There have been numerous advances in medicine and technology over the centuries but a society as advanced as the U.S.A cannot get passed the skin color of a person. The discrimination that blacks face on a daily basis is far from over though it is not as obvious as it used to be. Gone are the days when signs were put up prohibiting blacks from riding on the same bus as whites. Gone also are the days when blacks and whites were not allowed to attend…

Sophia, a sixteen-year-old student of Columbian decent, lives in the outskirts of a primarily white neighborhood. Her family cannot afford for her to have the books she needs for school. Since starting high school, Sophia’s grades have declined. Her parents cannot help her with her homework; English is their second language. On top of that, they do not have the money to have someone tutor her after school. Everyday, Sophia sees her classmates, mostly White students, with the most advanced…

rising phase of the ORN response since the ORN  PN synapses display short-term depression that causes ORN spikes that arrive later to produce smaller postsynaptic potentials than the ones produced by earlier spikes. In depressing synapses, successive action potentials result in smaller and smaller postsynaptic responses. The reduction in postsynaptic responses could be due to smaller amount of neurotransmitter release by the presynaptic neuron. Depressing synapses are characterized by high…

happens within our bodies at such a minuscule amount of time, and learning about the process made me realize how much needs to happen for me to feel a certain way or perform a certain action. In a neuron, it first has to have a certain amount of depolarizing ions for there to be an action potential. When that action potential is reached, charge can be sent through the axon (which is protected by the myelin shealth). As a charge goes through a neuron, vesicles that hold neurotransmitters (that…

In 1989, employees and applicants filed a class-action lawsuit against Shoney’s Incorporated for racial discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, and discriminatory behavior towards them while on the job (University of Michigan Law School, n.d.). The plaintiffs, a mix of African-Americans and Caucasians, charged that the Shoney’s used “intimidation tactics” (University of Michigan Law School, n.d.) to either not hire African-American applicants, or assign them to kitchen positions where…

A labor union is an organization of workers formed to protect the rights and interest of its members. There are over 14 million workers who represent over 60 different unions ranging from farmers to firefighters to teachers, etc. The history of labor unions dates back to the eighteenth century where it originated in Europe during the Industrial Revolution. In the United States, the National Labor Union (NLU) was founded in 1866. The NLU was not exclusive to a particular work force, but rather it…