MT chpt 3 Flashcards
goes deeper than diversity by focusing on inclusiveness, understanding, and respect, and also by looking at unequal power in society.
Multiculturalism
a system of advantages based on race, gender, and sexual orientation called _______
Power and Privilege
is important to the success of organizations.
Diversity
A waiter gives a white man the check for the meal instead of the black man.
Race Privilege
When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, many people from outside the storm area wondered why so many people stayed in the city, not even thinking about the fact that some people couldn’t afford the gas to put in their car to leave the city.
Social class privilege
This refers to privileges one gender has over another—for example, the assumption that a female will change her name to her husband’s when they get married.
Gender privilege
If I am heterosexual, I can put a picture of my partner on my desk without worrying about what others think. I can talk about our vacations together or experiences we’ve had without worrying what someone might think about my relationship. This is not the case for many gay, lesbian, and transgendered people and their partners.
Sexual Orientation Privilege
Josh Greenberg
3 Main steps tp creating diversity plans
- Assessment of diversity
- Development of the diversity plan
- Implementation of the plan.
Employee satisfaction surveys, discussions, and open forums that can provide insight into the challenges and obstacles to diversity. Inclusion of all workers for input is necessary to create a useful plan.
Assessment of diversity
Based on step 1, a series of attainable and measurable goals should be developed regarding workplace diversity.
Development of the diversity plan
The commitment of executives and management is necessary
Implementation of the plan
refers to employment practices that may appear to be neutral but have a discriminatory effect on a protected group
Adverse impact
If employment tests are required, a test must be in direct relation to the job.
Testing
Development of policies related to pay and promotion is key to fairness in a multicultural situation.
Pay and promotion
is a federal agency charged with the task of enforcing federal employment discrimination laws. The laws include those that protect people from discrimination in all areas of employment, such as discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, and disability.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Many of these laws began with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act in 1964.
However, ________ is a quality or attribute employers are allowed to consider when making decisions during the selection process.
bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ)
EEOC Relate
________ discrimination involves treating someone less favorably because of his or her age.
Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) in 1967
Age
EEOC relate
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits discrimination against those with disabilities and is enforced by the EEOC. Discrimination based on ________ means treating a qualified person unfavorably because of a disability.
Disability
EEOC relate
The basis of this law is that people are paid the same for the same type of work, and the law specifically addresses gender pay differences. Rather than job title, job content is used to determine if the job is the same work.
includes ot pay, bonues, profit sharing, stock options
Equal Pay
EEOC relate
The EEOC’s definition of ____________ includes family medical information or information about the manifestation of a disease or disorder in an individual’s family.
An employer shouldn’t discriminate if worker has family history of sickn
Genetic Information
EEOC relate
It is illegal to treat people unfavorably because they are from a particular country or part of the world, because of their accent, or because they appear to be of a particular descent (even if they are not).
National Origin
EEOC relate
refers to the unfavorable treatment of a woman because of pregnancy, childbirth, or a medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth.
Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978
Pregnancy
EEOC relate
This type of discrimination refers to treating someone unfavorably because he or she is of a certain race or because of certain characteristics associated with race.
Includes hair, skin color
Race/color
EEOC relate
This part of the EEOC refers to treating a person unfavorably because of their religious beliefs.
Religion
