3.2 EEOC and Complying with Equal Employment Opportunity Law

Which of the following is true of the Uniform Guidelines on

Employee Selection Procedures?

• Applies to selection procedures

• Applies to recruitment procedures

• Applies to age discrimination laws

• Applies to disability discrimination laws

A business hires man over a more qualified woman because she uses a wheelchair. This is an example of ________.

• disparate impact

• disparate treatment

• harassment

• sexual harassment

Which of the following demographic groups would most likely benefit from affirmative action plans?

• Private sector workers

• White Americans

• African Americans

• Government workers

When an employer installs a wheelchair ramp or provides assistive technology like a large computer monitor, the employer is

making ________.

• affirmative action plans

• legal accommodations

• discriminatory acts

• reasonable accommodations

Which of the following activities is the most likely to constitute harassment?

• A worker asks another worker out for dinner at a local

  restaurant.

• A worker repeatedly teases another worker about her clothes

• A worker tells another worker that her dress is very pretty.

• A worker makes a joke in the presence of other workers.

Which of the following can be a consequence of

noncompliance with EEOC laws and regulations?

• Sexual harassment

• Bad publicity

• Disparate impact

• Refunds to unhappy customers

What is an advantage of doing more than the minimum required to comply with EEOC laws and regulations?

• Only through reverse discrimination can diversity be achieved.

• This is the only way to truly end sexual harassment.

• Studies show that increased inclusion makes workers more

  productive.

• The minimum requirements aren't enough to end racism.

Which of the following can be a benefit gained from compliance with EEOC laws?

• Higher prices charged by suppliers

• Fines and penalties

• Increased litigation costs

• More productive employees

A ________ system takes into consideration the educational requirements, skills, tasks, and responsibilities of fundamentally

different jobs to reduce the wage gap.

• comparable worth

• substantially equal worth

• comparable titles

• comparable working conditions

What is the purpose of an affirmative action plan?

• To give advantages to minorities over others

• To correct for disadvantages that resulted from past

  discrimination

• To reserve some of positions only for women

• To exclude privileged groups from certain benefits