In reviewing your organization's most recent affirmative action plan, you notice that there is underutilization of women in a particular work group. Which of the following actions would be most appropriate to take?
A)Try to convince women in other job groups to accept transfers into the job group in which there is underutilization.
B)If both male and female candidates apply for position openings in the underutilized job group, hire the women.
C)Since choosing to hire women instead of men on the basis of their gender essentially constitutes sex discrimination, it is appropriate to keep doing things the same way you are now, and simply hire the best qualified candidate for the position, whether that person is male or female.
D)Reach out to related professional organizations that are likely to have women as members.

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Reaching out to professional organizations that are likely to include women as members would likely constitute a good faith effort at addressing underutilization by creating a more diverse pool of candidates.
Key Takeaway: Option A is not the best response, since trying to convince women or minorities to change job groups is not an appropriate way to address underutilization. Option B is not the best response, because that approach as described would constitute sex discrimination. Option C is not the best response, since underutilization cannot simply be ignored. Additionally, while it is appropriate to hire qualified candidates, an organization does have the obligation to make good faith efforts to create a pool of qualified candidates that includes women or minorities for those job groups where there is current underutilization.

In Reviewing Your Organization's Most Recent Affirmative Action Plan, You