Exam 13: Managing Diversity

__________ is a rigid, exaggerated, irrational belief associated with a particular group of people.

Abdar is a successful, modern, U.S. manager. He is most likely to believe that:

As a form of sexual discrimination, sexual harassment in the workplace is a violation of:

Generalized sexual harassment occurs when remarks and actions are intended to lead to sexual activity.

Research shows that about equal percentages of women and men want to be promoted early in their careers, but more men than women say they want to be top executives.

The belief that one's own group and culture is not as good as other groups and cultures is ethnocentrism.

The mentoring relationship is an excellent way to overcome the problem of a glass ceiling.

Hopetech Industries has a corporate diversity plan that limits diversity to areas that do not change throughout a person's lifetime, such as race, gender, age, and physical ability. Hopetech's diversity plan follows which model of corporate diversity?

Paying a woman less than a man for the same work is an example of:

Age, race, and gender are included in the traditional model of diversity.

Sexual harassment in the workplace is a violation of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Smileline Inc. has an onsite day-care facility and provides employees fulltime day care at a very low cost. The company implemented this years ago when managers realized that child-care responsibilities were contributing to high turnover and absenteeism. This example highlights which dividend of workplace diversity?

__________ is the belief that groups and subcultures are inherently equal.

Riya was a highly successful manager at Optics International. After 12 years with the company, she decided to leave and become a full-time mother and caregiver to her ailing father. This example demonstrates which factor affecting women's careers?

Phlex Plastic has a very strong set of corporate values. In fact, Phlex has been known to discourage the emergence of alternative values. Phlex is most likely:

Which of the following is a dimension of the traditional model of diversity?

Sarah's Sharks As the marketing director for Sarah's Sharks, Gloria Riviera is particularly well aware of diversity within the firm's clients in the marketplace. As a successful female manager, she is also sensitive to the importance of diversity among employees at Sarah's Sharks. -Some diversity initiatives and programs that Gloria can implement to help create a climate of diversity at Sarah's Sharks include all of the following except:

__________ is defined as all the ways in which people differ.

What do organizations such as Proctor & Gamble, Ernst & Young, and Allstate Insurance have in common?

The dimensions of diversity in the traditional model can be acquired or changed throughout one's lifetime.