Also in the plan are meaures intended to discourage discrimination because of AIDS.

He cited entrenched personnel practices, some rooted in decades of litigation to discourage discrimination against whites as well as minorities.

She spent 25 years in the Maryland legislature and worked to pass legislation which enforced stricter employment regulations and discouraged racial discrimination.

"And the best way to discourage discrimination and harassment is through training."

The investigators concluded that "the ship, the command and those senior personnel responsible for the ship actively discouraged violence, threats and illegal discrimination of any type, including against homosexuals."

In a country with a rigidly patriarchal culture, Monte discouraged discrimination against women, chiefly setting an example for men to follow in the conduct of their daily affairs.

How companies will deal with the original intention of the civil rights act, to discourage discrimination from occurring in the first place, remains unclear.

Sections purporting to discourage unfair discrimination are themselves creating greater inequity.

Other regulations have been proposed to discourage discrimination against people with disabilities who use public accommodations and telecommunications services.