Which political arrangement made by the congress of vienna in 1815 lasted the longest?
a. union of belgium and the netherlands
b. union of sweden and norway
c. german confederation
d. austrian annexation of states in italy

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts