Exam 1 - Similar Test Questions Flashcards
[True or False] Having good employees is more important than having good production equipment
True
[True or False] An organization seeking to produce the highest-quality products should have different human resource practices from an organization seeking to produce inexpensive products
True
How can Diversity help companies compete more effectively?
- Diverse teams come up with diverse and creative solutions that work better for the company
- Diverse teams bring more skills and knowledge to the table to help improve the company
- Most diverse company -> help with Recruitment in general
- Diverse teams can better cater to the needs of the customers
- Help broaden the customer base
- Help avoid some disaster (e.g., ad)
- Give a team more legitimacy
[true or false] A company can have legal problems when it doesn’t hire enough women, even if it treated men and women the same
True
[True or False] A company must hire someone with certain disability protected by law, should this person apply for the job
False
[True or False] People are victims of sexual harassment can sue the person who harassed them but not the company
False
[CASE] Hooters only hiring girls
No discrimination
[CASE] East cupcake didnt hire a waitress since they hire waiters
Discrimination
Why:
A tradition is not a defensible argument
[Case] Jim O’Connor was a 56-year old sales manager. He sued the company after he was fired as a result of the company reorganization. His lawsuit alleged that his supervisor made derogatory remarks about him, such as he was “too old” to play gold and that he was “too damn old for this kind of work”. After the termination, his position was filled by a 40-year-old individual
Is this discrimination
Yes discrimination
~ It’s not relevant that the other person is 40-year-old. What is relevant? The remarks made to Jim O’Conner regarding his age.
[Case] An employee, Thomas, who had a stroke was discharged. He sued, claiming disability discrimination and failure to accommodate. The evidence showed the store created mental and physical impairments that substantially limited his job performance. The employer had granted accommodations of extra time to complete assignments and reduced responsibilities. The employee was not meeting the requirements of the job and could show no other accommodations that were likely to enable him to adequately perform the job
Is this discrimination?
No this isn’t discrimination
~ It is covered by the reasonable accommodation.
