The 2018 annual report for Intel shows that, since 1998, it has experienced dramatic changes in the composition of its workforce. Intel has increased the number of women, blacks, and Hispanics in all job categories, including managerial, technical and sales positions. This increase is most likely due to the company's

strong stand against reverse discrimination.

Explanation:

Reverse discrimination is favouring of a group of people that have been the target of discrimination in the past. It is also called positive discrimination. For example favouring a minority groups or ones that have been historically disadvantaged.

Intel has increased the number of women, blacks, and Hispanics in all job categories, including managerial, technical and sales positions. This increase is most likely due to the company's. Where the favoured groups are people that historically have been discriminated against.

affirmative action program.

Explanation:

The goal of affirmative action programs is that all people have equal opportunities to be employed, promoted and trained by public organizations and private organizations that have contracts in excess of $50,000 with the federal government. Qualifying private companies must encourage job applications from minority groups, e.g. women (gender), Latins (ethnic) and African Americans (race).

Intel is a huge corporation and it must have contracts worth millions with the government, so their workforce must be more diverse. It is probably not an option for them, they have to do it. This sometimes results in reverse discrimination issues where non-Hispanic white males are not hired because they need employees from minority backgrounds.

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88 because 4 plus 4 equals 8. 40 plus 40 equals 80. 80 plus 8 equals 88