BUS_303_module_4_case_assignment_instructions.docx
A Spin on the issue
After listening to my background lectures and reading what I wrote, you were probably thinking that I am going to ask you a question on affirmative action and race or gender. I won`t disappoint you. But affirmative action goes beyond that. AA for the disabled is a very interesting issue. Make them veterans and you really have something worth thinking about.
Take a moment and Click Here to check out the Disabled Veterans Affirmative Action Program (DVAAP)
"Most departments and agencies in the Federal government are required to have an affirmative action program for the recruitment, employment, and advancement of disabled veterans. The law requires agencies to develop annual Disabled Veterans Affirmative Action Program (DVAAP) Plans." (site excerpt)
Go to the Proquest and read:
Affirmative action requirements
Charles J Muhl. Monthly Labor Review. Washington: Jan 1999. Vol. 122, Iss. 1; p. 48 (2 pages)
Please answer the following question:
Should disabled veterans get preferential treatment over better qualified candidates who are not disabled veterans?
Case Expectations:
- Make sure to contrast DVAAP to programs that involve affirmative action for women or minorities?
- Be sure to refer to the logic of the Affirmative Action arguments laid out in the background information. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT; show me that you understand the logic of those arguments that are relevant to your answer.
- Be sure to set out the utilitarian and deontological considerations.
Please write a three to five page paper, not including title page or references page, answering this question, and upload it to coursenet by the end of this module.
General Expectations
Your paper should be double-spaced with 12-point font.
Your paper should have a separate cover page and a separate reference page.
Use APA-style.
1 Disabled Veterans Affirmative Action Program (DVAAP)
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Most departments and agencies in the Federal Government are required to have an affirmative action program for the recruitment, employment, and advancement of disabled veterans. The law requires agencies to develop annual Disabled Veterans Affirmative Action Program (DVAAP) Plans.
Each year, agencies must submit DVAAP accomplishment reports to OPM. The accomplishment reports must describe agency efforts to promote the maximum employment and job advancement opportunities for disabled veterans as well as certain veterans of the Vietnam era and of the post-Vietnam era who are qualified for such employment and advancement. As part of their submission package, each agency must include a signed statement certifying that the agency has an up-to-date DVAAP plan.
OPM provides guidance and assistance to Federal agencies in developing DVAAP plans. Agency and OPM responsibilities are covered in title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, part 720, subpart C, and also 38 United States Code, section 4214. OPM reviews each submission to determine whether it is consistent with the applicable law and regulations. OPM submits an Annual Report to Congress on the employment of veterans in the Federal Government.