CH 3 KC

Which of the following is true for affirmative action plans?

An affirmative action plan should be temporary.

Which of the following is true of a "closed shop"?

Only union workers are employed.

The _________ improves corporate financial disclosures and protects investors from fraudulent corporate accounting..

Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Employment-at-will is an employment relationship which ________.

allows either the employee or employer to terminate the employment at any time

A(n) ________ only employs people who are already union members.

closed shop

The ___________ ethical approach assesses a decision as ethical if the ends are beneficial to the greatest number of people, regardless of the means.

consequentialist

If coworkers are well aware of a colleague's ethical lapses but the supervisor, who sees the same behaviors, doesn't notice the ethical violations because the supervisor feels responsible for the hire this is an example of _________.

motivated blindness

Affirmative action means ________.

proactive plans to ensure nondiscriminatory results in employment practices

This could be an example of ________.

quid pro quo harassment

Which of the following is a characteristic of independent contractors?

they do not receive benefits from the employer.

The ________ ethical approach proposes that a person's or employer's character rather than specific behaviors is what is important.

virtue

Which of the following was declared illegal by the Taft-Hartley Labor Act?

closed shop

A manager only hires Hispanic women as secretaries. This is an example of ________.

disparate treatment

Comparing the percentage of applicants hired from different subgroups to determine if they are significantly different from each other is an example of a ________.

flow statistic

The WARN Act relates to which of the following?

layoffs

Which of the following are employees of a company who take on the operation of certain functions, or staff an entire office or factory on a contractual basis for a client or company?

leased workers

When Mary hires a candidate because they went to the same university, which of the following has occurred?

like-me bias

Mrs. Peters filed a complaint against her employers for firing her. She admitted to being late to work five days in a month but she claimed that she was fired on the grounds of being a female employee. This is an example of ________.

mixed motive case

if 33 percent of Hispanics are hired, 42 percent of whites are hired, and 50 percent of blacks are hired, disparate impact has occurred against ________.

Hispanics

What is the best conclusion given the following information about research technicians employed in the scientific wing of a pharmaceutical organization? Females comprise 60 percent of the current workforce and 50 percent of the relevant population (research technicians) and males comprise 40 percent of the current workforce and 50 percent of the relevant population.

There is a disparate impact on males as research technicians.

The OFCCP __________.

enforces EEO programs that apply to federal contractors and subcontractors

The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act ________.

ensures that members of the uniformed services can return to their civilian employment after their military service ends

A hotel chain that is recruiting front desk receptionists receives 200 applications from males and 100 applications from females. 100 out of 200 men are hired and 25 out of 100 women are hired. Which of the following statements is true of the hotel chain's hiring policy?

There is evidence of a disparate impact of the hiring process on females as a group.

Department store BigTen refused to hire Max because of his religion. The store is in violation of ________.

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

An affirmative action plan should ________.

be remedial