J. M. Finnerty Corporation has had a contractual agreement with the Leveland County Commission on Human Rights since l986. This year's goal under the agreement was to fill 15% of the Corporation's middle-management positions with minorities and 35% with females, through either promotion or external search. Unfortunately, we have been unsuccessful thus far. Only 7% of our middle-management positions are held by minorities, 16% by women. If the corporation fails to meet these goals in the next 10-month period, the ensuing litigation could represent a cost of a minimum of $95,000, even if arbitration is possible in some instances.
We have contacted Herman K. Fanton, a consultant skilled in training management in minority recruiting practices, and he is willing to help us institute a new program that will:
o provide intensive training for each manager with hiring responsibility
o institute new skills training programs to encourage promotion from
within
o evaluate progress at each step
Rationale and technical back-up (including consultant's proposal, graph detailing minority and female recruitment, and table of median legal costs in similar cases) are attached.
