Ch.2 Ethics, Fair Housing, Trust Funds, and Other Legal Issues

Three brokers agreed that they would not let a third broker show any of their listings. This action would be regarded as

A group boycott.

A broker with a disabled employee widened the doorway to the restroom to accommodate a wheelchair. This work was performed to comply with the

Americans with disabilities act.

Ethics' relationship to law is that

Ethics tends to precede (comes before) the law.

Which of the following actions dealing in trust funds would be a violation of the law?

Placing trust funds in the personal care of a bonded employee.

The civil rights act of 1866 specifically covers what type of discrimination?

Race.

A broker refused to show a young Hispanic family of five a condominium about which they had inquired. The broker's action would be proper if

The development has an age exemption because all occupants are 55 years of age or older.

The state act that specifically prohibits discrimination in business establishments is the

Unruh Act.

Which of the following phrases would be considered non-discriminatory in an advertisement for a rental?

a. Christian family. b. Prefer working married couple. c. Just two blocks from to St. Michael's. (D. None of the above.)

A landlord can properly refuse to accept an applicant because the applicant

a. Has a guide dog and the apartment is on the fourth floor. b. Is a single but obviously pregnant woman. c. Appears to be gay and the landlord is afraid of catching AIDS. (D. None of the above.)

A broker showed African American prospective buyers homes in African American and racially mixed neighborhoods. He would show African-American prospects homes in predominantly Caucasian areas only if the prospects specifically requested to see homes in those areas. The broker's action would be described as

a. Illegal. b. Unethical. c. Steering. (D. All of the above.)