3: Equity & Diversity Flashcards
1
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Define:
Bona fide occupational qualification/ BFOQ (90)
A
- justifiable reason for discrimination based on business reasons of safety or effectiveness
2
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Define:
Concentration (100)
A
- refers to designated groups whose numbers in a particular occupation or level are high relative to their numbers in the labour market
3
Q
Define:
Designated groups (84)
A
- women, visible minorities, Aboriginal people, and persons with disabilities who have been disadvantaged in employment
4
Q
Define:
Diversity management (107)
A
- the optimization of an organization’s multicultural workforce to reach business objectives
5
Q
Define:
Employment equity (84)
A
- employment of individuals in a fair and nonbiased manner
- established policies and practices designed to ensure equitable representation in the workforce and to redress past discriminations
6
Q
Define:
Flow data (99)
A
- data that provide a profile of employment decisions affecting designated groups
- provide information on movement of employees into and trough the organization
7
Q
Define:
Reasonable accommodation (103)
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- attempt by employees to adjust to working conditions or schedules of employees with disabilities or religious preferences
8
Q
Define:
sexual harassment (105)
A
- unwelcome advances, requests for sexual favours, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature in the working environment
9
Q
Define:
Stock data (99)
A
- data showing status of designated groups in occupational categories and compensation levels
10
Q
Define:
Systemic discrimination (101)
A
- the exclusion of members of certain groups through the application of employment policies or practices based on criteria that are not job related
11
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Define:
Underutilization (100)
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- designated groups that are not utilized or represented in the employer’s workforce proportional to their numbers in the labour market
