Topic: For the research paper this semester, you will review the ongoing debate over a current event topic and then present your own reasoned opinion on that topic. The topic for this research paper...

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Title: Ban the Box Movement
Contents
Introduction    3
Racial Aspects    3
Legal Compliances    4
Employer’s Concern    4
Impact on Job Seekers    5
San Francisco: The First City to Break the Barriers    5
What should Employers do?    5
Recommendation    6
Conclusion    7
Works Cited    8
Introduction
In modern time's employment and getting a job is highly competitive. It becomes even more difficult if a person has a past criminal record. This assignment focuses on whether a jail record or a criminal record is really important from the point of view of the employer or not. It contemplates the probable factors that should be taken into consideration for addressing the Ban the Box movement. And also analyzes a news article about the same.
The article presented in the New York Times addresses the impacts and the importance of the Ban the Box movement and also presents, the way employers contemplate the issue. Obama administration addressed removing the criminal records from the application of the candidate (The New York Times). This suggests that the criminal history of the candidate should not be asked during the recruitment process.
Racial Aspects
Critics and experts have given reflection about the issue. Experts contemplate the issue that the segment of criminal records in jobs and housing had been one of the negative impacts of racism. According to some perceptions it has been witnessed that black men are likely to be convicted and incarcerated more than whites. This reflects the persistence of racism in the American judicial system (The New York Times). This further clarifies the issue that the blacks are unable to compete in employment because of their past criminal history. Studies also link poverty with crime. Owing to a long political history it has been witnessed that most of the blacks are economically degraded than the whites (Griffith & Young). Hence, they are more prone to commit criminal offenses. This signifies the fact that their criminal records do not allow them to get a competent job and settle financially or own a house. So social workers and the people against racism duly value the fact that the criminal record box in the candidate's application should be banned for offering better privileges to the persons who had past criminal records.
Legal Compliances
Some experts feel that the enactment of Ban the Box will be burdensome on the job creators and employers. Especially for the small and the medium firms which do not have proper human resource management departments. Employers may be blamed for negligent hiring if the candidates who are past convicts are tempted to commit crimes and thereby cause damages (The New York...