ORC Poll # 1963-465: The Negro Drive for Equality: Negro Leaders and Company Personnel Executives
Creators: name: ORC International
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2020

description: Principal causes for high rate of unemployment among Blacks (2); pressures to provide for employment opportunities for Blacks (1); additional legislation needed to provide more job opportunities for Blacks (4); Plan for Progress program (2); companies turn down Blacks for jobs because of management prejudice/because it is hard to find Blacks who are qualified (2); think it is/is not a company responsibility to seek out qualified Blacks for higher-skilled jobs (2); prime responsibility to see that Blacks receive adequate job training (2); Blacks are/are not doing enough to prepare for better jobs (2); Blacks do/do not deserve temporary preferential treatment in hiring and training due to past discrimination (5); how well have unions done in helping end job discrimination against Blacks (2); any of respondent's employees are/are not unionized at this location (1); experience in dealing with unions in providing for opportunities to Blacks (1); problems companies face in carrying out a fair employment program (14); progress company has made in dealing with problems of providing job opportunities to Blacks (2); in which job category do most companies hire Blacks (1); how many qualified Blacks in certain job categories (7); company has/has not had recent experience employing Blacks in certain job categories (7); any particular reason why respondent has not employed Blacks (1); what kind of work do Black employees supervise at respondent's company (1); resistance from white employees when Blacks were placed in jobs formerly held only by whites (1); recruiting Black employees for higher skilled jobs (4); college recruiting for professional and supervisory personnel (3); company has/has not received pressures from any group within the last year to hire more Black employees (1); how much effect does a company's practices in hiring Black employees have on Blacks purchasing company's products or services (1); company does/does not have a written policy statement regarding hiring of Blacks (1); additional comments (2); major over-all goals/objectives of organization at present time (1); Blacks making progress in certain areas in gaining equal opportunity with whites (3); race relations (1); difficulty Blacks have in getting jobs mostly due to resentment of white workers/attitude of company management (1); agree/disagree with certain statements made by civil rights advocates (3); any companies in area who do a poor job in providing for employment opportunities for Blacks (3); any companies in area who do a good job in providing for employment opportunities for Blacks (3); certain types of companies do/do not have distinctive problems that might make it difficult to carry out a fair employment program (6); actions organization takes against companies thought to be discriminating (1); danger of a boycott by white customers if companies give preferential treatment to Blacks (1); actions organization takes against unions thought to be discriminating (1); automation (1).