Which of the following statements is true of affirmative action?
A) Affirmative action requires employers to remove qualified whites and males from their jobs and give these jobs to minorities.
B) Workplace productivity and efficiency do not suffer under affirmative action plans.
C) Under affirmative action, an applicant can simply be a female or a minority to be placed in a job.
D) Minorities and females cannot be terminated from their jobs for any cause under affirmative action plans.

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At its simplest, affirmative action involves the employer taking steps to ensure job opportunities to traditionally excluded groups by bringing qualified women and minorities or other statutorily mandated groups into a workplace from which it has been determined that they are excluded, in order to make the workplace more reflective of their availability in the workforce from which the employees are drawn. Workplace productivity and efficiency do not suffer under affirmative action plans.

Which of the Following Statements Is True of Affirmative Action