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Originally posted by DZGirl
ok, so my boss just asked me to call all of our vendors/suppliers and find out if they are "minority owned." I find this to be rather offensive, and I don't feel comfortable calling businesses and asking this question. She seems to think it's not a big deal at all. (yet she won't call them herself and has thrown it off on me.. hmmmm...). Apparently, our corportate is requesting that all of our divisions do this because a large corporate account of theirs is demanding to know. I am just wondering if anyone else out there thinks this seems a bit odd or offensive to be asking...
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Not at all odd or offensive.
With my company, they need a certain amount of minority or woman-owned businesses for subconsultants in order to work on a project. While preparing a proposal for a project, I have to include a special government form on the subconsultant. There's a space on the form for the subconsultant to state if they are a minority or woman-owned business.