tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8057836311604962231.post3654274478561415881..comments2023-10-23T12:48:34.165-07:00Comments on Ethics Bob: Ethical affirmative action in the NFLBobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14255815357265808770noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8057836311604962231.post-1371446053471623962009-12-28T22:39:48.205-08:002009-12-28T22:39:48.205-08:00The color of a candidate is NOT more significant t...The color of a candidate is NOT more significant than his qualifications. BUt there were qualified balcks who never got to be considered.<br /><br />NFL people, most recently Cris Collingsworth, say the Rooney rule has made a difference. There sure have been a lot more black coaches after the rule than before.<br /><br />But I think the issue is one of virtue ethics: what kind of people are we, what kind of club are we? Is it ok for all the bosses to be white and most of the players to be black? And if it's not ok, let's do something about it.<br /><br />This was something that would only work if self-imposed. It couldn't be enforced from outside, not even by Jesse Jackson and Johnnie Cochran.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14255815357265808770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8057836311604962231.post-88084527051045622009-12-16T10:15:41.058-08:002009-12-16T10:15:41.058-08:00You make the right arguments, which I'll try t...You make the right arguments, which I'll try to counter when I get back to my computer tomorrow. Too hard to do on an iPhone. The issues are with your opening words: pro forma and required. More tomorrow.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14255815357265808770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8057836311604962231.post-73909428376781385442009-12-16T07:09:00.924-08:002009-12-16T07:09:00.924-08:00Boy, I dunno, Bob: requiring pro-forma diverse int...Boy, I dunno, Bob: requiring pro-forma diverse interviews when the team may have already decided whom it wants to hire smacks of PR pandering and form over substance. The principle is also dubious: it implicitly makes the color of a candidate more significant than his qualifications.<br /><br />I doubt that the Rooney rule did anything but keep Jesse Jackson off the NFL's back. The black coaches got hired for the right reasons: the teams wanted to win, and wanted to find the best coach, no matter who or what he was.<br /><br />If the Rooney Rule required teams to interview an Asian candidate, or a female candidate, or a disabled candidate, do you really think there would be more female, Asian, or disabled NFL coaches?Jack Marshallhttp://www.ethicsalarms.comnoreply@blogger.com