Cant seem to complete my crossword puzzle its a 12 letter word the 7th letter is A the hint is: getting people to act in a way that we need them to for a problem to be solved ( HELP)

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answer; /// i believe that the correct answer is (gerrymander or gerrymandering)good luck

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