Exam 2: Managing Equal Opportunity and Diversity

U.S. employees of U.S. firms working abroad are covered by the guidelines of the Civil Rights Act of 1991.

Which Supreme Court case was used to define unfair discrimination in conjunction with EEO laws?

Title VII forbids testing or screening of job applicants because testing could systematically discriminate against some protected classes.

According to federal laws, asking job candidates about their marital status is not illegal; however, a firm needs to be able to defend the practice as a BFOQ to avoid raising discrimination issues.

________ means that an employer engages in an employment practice or policy that has a greater adverse effect on the members of a protected group under Title VII than on other employees, regardless of intent.

Members of the EEOC are appointed by the ________.

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution states, "no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of the law"?

If a person is in a protected class, he or she is protected by which of the following?

Gus is always making sexual jokes at work. Many employees find the jokes funny, but Shelley, Gus's executive assistant, is uncomfortable with the jokes. Eventually, she decides to quit her job rather than endure the jokes any longer. What form of sexual harassment has Shelley experienced?

According to the ADA Amendments Act of 2008, employees are considered disabled even if they are able to control their impairments with medical modifications.

According to the ADA, firms must employ all disabled individuals who apply for positions and provide them with job training when necessary.

The application requirements for Western Airlines pilot positions require candidates to have logged at least 200 hours piloting an aircraft within the previous 36 months. In addition, applicants must have 2,500 hours of experience in the air with at least 1,000 hours as the commanding pilot of a commercial airplane. A four-year college degree is also required. Jeff Sanchez, who is Hispanic, applied for a position as a pilot and was rejected because he has a degree from a two-year college and only 2,000 hours of flight experience. Jeff is suing Western Airlines for discriminatory hiring practices. Which of the following, if true, best supports Western Airlines' defense?

Reverse discrimination refers to discriminating against ________ applicants and employees.

In Griggs v. Duke Power Company, Griggs sued the power company because it required coal handlers to be high-school graduates. The case was decided in favor of Griggs because ________.

Which of the following is obtained by employers to protect against the costs of discrimination claims?

Which of the following is a characteristic of firms with exemplary reputations for managing diversity?

According to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, it is unlawful to ________.

In which of the following court cases did the plaintiff accuse the defendant of quid pro quo sexual harassment?

To prove sexual harassment, it is necessary to show that the harassment had tangible consequences such as demotion or termination.

The Vocational Rehabilitation Act requires that employers ________.