Topic 7: The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Question 1

Case Law

Answer 1

The law as laid down in the decisions of the courts (distinct from statutes or other sources of law).

Question 2

Civil Law

Answer 2

Laws that deal with the rights of people rather than with crimes.

Question 3

Color

Answer 3

Skin pigmentation characteristic of race, especially other than White.

Question 4

Customer Discriminatory Preference

Answer 4

An unacceptable pretext of discrimination in which an employer uses race as the basis for a business decision in order to please customers.

Question 5

English-only

Answer 5

A rule established by an employer that only allows English to be spoken in the workplace; Title VII allows for this rule under certain circumstances where there is no discriminatory purpose or effect.

Question 6

Ethnicity

Answer 6

Traits, background, allegiance, or association.

Question 7

Illegal Immigrants

Answer 7

A foreigner who has entered the country unlawfully.

Question 8

National Origin

Answer 8

Location of birth.

Question 9

National Origin Discrimination Harassment

Answer 9

Harassment that includes offensive comments about an employee’s national origin.

Question 10

Race

Answer 10

A local geographic or global human population distinguished as a distinct group by genetically-transmitted physical characteristics.

Question 11

Racial Animus

Answer 11

A type of race discrimination in which an employer obviously excludes an applicant from a job opportunity on the basis of race.

Question 12

Reasonable Person Test

Answer 12

Hypothetical person in society who exercises average care, skill, and judgment in conduct and who serves as a comparative standard for determining liability.

Question 13

Steering Assignment

Answer 13

A type of race discrimination in which an employer makes job assignments to employees based on race.

Question 14

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Answer 14

Protects all races from discrimination.