when working within the community i want to understand equal opportunities,diversity,prejudice
2006-12-06 18:41:57 · 12 answers · asked by tendai c 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
mmm.. equal so u both have the same chance of something
2006-12-06 18:43:56 · answer #1 · answered by hey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As already said, the idea is that when applying for a job everyone gets assessed on their qualifications/suitability for the job. Things like age, sex, race and religion aren't to be thought of allowing equal opportunities. However a lot of organisations monitor their equal opportunities policy by checking the race of their workforce with the demigraphics in the local area. So if an orginasation has no asian people in an area which is 20% asian then what will happen is they'll need to take on some Asians, so if you're caucasian or afro carribian in the next interview even though you could be best qualified for the job, you may not get it. So really it's all just a farce!
2006-12-07 04:07:36 · answer #2 · answered by Scar_of_David 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dirty has a point, and Paul spoke the ideals. To me it means everyone (ideally) has the right to the opportunity to succeed or fail, the opportunity to go to a given uni or to be considered for a given job, or if necessarily to receive benefits.
It sadly is not so, in many cases favouritism goes to...well let's put it this way...If you or I don't get into the uni we want, or we don't get a certain job, then someone else either got lucky or there was favouritism involved!
[Smiling because it beats the bloody hell out of cursing!]
Charles "That Cheeky Lad!"
2006-12-07 03:12:48 · answer #3 · answered by Charles-CeeJay_UK_ USA/CheekyLad 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Equal oppertunities means that you do not judge people by colour, age or disability you judge them purely on their abilty to carru out the job in hand.
2006-12-07 04:38:53 · answer #4 · answered by sunshine_honey69 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In theory, it means that everyone should have the same opportunities regardless of their racial origin, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, etc, etc. In practice, a lot of places have 'quotas' and so (mostly) people who aren't white get preferential treatment.
2006-12-07 02:57:43 · answer #5 · answered by Paul C 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
equal oppertunities dosnt mean treating everyone the same im not being mean but you cant talk a physically disabled person mountain climbing can you
it means that everyone has the chance to join in to their abilities
soz if i offened anyone i didnt mean 2
2006-12-10 06:09:28 · answer #6 · answered by college stud 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
just basically means a man and a woman should be allowed to do the same jobs for the same pay and advancements.
2006-12-07 03:14:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No discrimination in the name/reason of, color, sex, race,language, status,religion and caste. Equality in everything.
2006-12-07 03:14:12 · answer #8 · answered by Konfuzius 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that all the freeloaders, spongers and idle bas*ards of the world can rob me of my hard earned taxes
2006-12-10 14:01:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Normally middle aged white people trying to make rules to suit what they think other people want!
2006-12-10 08:09:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋