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Part 3
Tiffany Lockhart
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Agency’s Law and Ethics of Hiring a Diverse Workforce, Part 3
Laws Affecting the Agency
The US Small Business Association recommends that when employment opportunities come
up and businesses need to hire employees and build teams around which to grow, compliance
with a number of laws is paramount[USS16]. Among these laws are:
 Equal Employment Opportunity
 Affirmative Action
The Equal Employment Opportunity has a reputation for being America’s first law enacted
by the federal government to ensure protection for American workers as far as employment
discrimination is concerned[USS16]. EEOC guarantees that people are not discriminated against
based on their color, religion, race, national origin, or even their sex. The EEOC came into effect
in 1964 as public law number 88-352[USS16]. It is common knowledge that places of work and
companies across the country were rife with instances of discrimination especially for black
people and other minorities prior to the enactment of the EEOC[USS16]. Thus, this is one of the
most important laws that changed how businesses hire personnel; limiting eligibility for
employment to important aspects and factors about an individual’s candidature like experience,
and academic qualification requirements needed for the said positon[GSA16].
Affirmative Action is the law or policy that promotes equity in employment to favor
disadvantaged groups in the community and country who have previously suffered in
employment areas[Nie13]. Additionally, affirmative action ensures diversity is promoted at the
workplace, bridging inequality as far as salaries are concerned all aimed at correcting harms,
wrongs, and hindrances from the past[Nie13]. The US small business association members have

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to abide by this law too ensuring that both men and women have salaries that are not different
from each other based on gender.
Personnel Recruitment and Hiring Practices
The US Small Business Association encourages diversity initiatives by working towards
the inclusion of the LGBT community in workplaces[Qui16]. Working with the NGLCC (the