Is affirmative action needed to encourage diversity in the workplace? This policy is one of the forces that can secure a diverse workplace. Affirmative action has been a driving force to ensure that diversity has developed and prospered in today's work field. This needed policy in the workplace has ensured jobs among minorities and women who were highly discriminated against before the policy was law. Current government affirmative action policies and university admissions should examine corporate affirmative action programs more closely to help increase their chances of survival. The workplace needs diversity to acquire a variety of people with different and unique skills. Corporate affirmative action is a necessary policy to generate and ensure diversity in the workplace; this policy has been successful in improving the advancement of minorities in America.
             One of a corporation's largest objectives is to have a diverse work team. Corporate affirmative action policies have been successful in employing diverse groups of people. "Equal opportunity cannot just be a slogan that philosophizes good deeds but must become a part of the organization's management objectives..."(Hill). Many successful corporate entities have followed this philosophy in choosing their employees. Corporate affirmative action policies do not have binding legalities that often challenge the government and universities. Corporations do not apply timetables and goals as the government and universities must in their programs. Corporations take into account the workers' qualifications, education, experience, and other factors. "We are in a strong economy where corporations are competing for quality workers and the majority of new entrants into the labor markets are women and minorities"(Leporini). Affirmative action of minority groups, therefore, has proven its worth in our economy.
             University admissions are another institution that must use affirmative action l...