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MGMT 3500 Final Questions and Correct
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What is "diversity management"?
Ans: Diversity management is the strategy of using best
practices with proven results to find and create a diverse and
inclusive workplace.
Title VII of Civil Rights Act - intent? Who is included in protected
classes? Applies to which states? What are "employment decisions"?
Ans: Race, gender, sex, color, ethnic origin, religion
Applies to all states
Employment decisions: Hiring, firing, promotions, assignments,
etc.
Federal law vs. state and local laws impacting HR
Ans: HR professionals must be familiar with a wide array of
different statutory and regulatory authorities in orde r to
effectively and lawfully deal with company personnel.
Federal laws trump state and local.
Disparate impact
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Ans: Disparate impact: policies, practices, rules or other
systems that appear to be neutral result in a disproportionate
impact on a protected group.
Ex. If you test all applicants and only African Americans are
eliminated based on the results of the assessment.
Disparate treatment
Ans: Disparate treatment is intentional employment
discrimination.
Ex. If only African American applicants are required to take a
pre-employment assessment test
What is "retaliation"?
Ans: it is illegal to retaliate against an employee who has
complained about sexual harassment or one who participates in
an investigation. This includes firing, giving worse assignments,
shifts, harassing, threatening.
ADA
Ans: reasonable accommodation - under $500/free don't have
to alter or change anything that's an essential job function.
ADA covers physical serious health issues and mental health.
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ADEA
Ans: Covers 40+ years old
Intent to stop replacing old ppl with young cheap ee s.
Applies to organizations w/ 20+ ees
Benefits can't be denied based on age
Equal pay act
Ans: Aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex. If men
and women do same job should be paid equal. Still a gap
though.
Definition of diversity (primary vs. secondary)
Ans: Primary: Born this way
Secondary: Raised or chosen
What is the "business model of Diversity management"?
Ans: Striving for diversity in order to ultimately benefit bottom
dollar. Attract the best employees, good PR, better ideas, less
lawsuits, lower turnover
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*What is Affirmative Action? And how does it differ from managing
diversity?*
Ans: Affirmative action: Governance - Pres. orders/federal
court orders or voluntary. Concept - Policies that say action
should be taken to balance a workplace to it's labor
market/right past wrongs.
Managing diversity: Governance - Policies within a
company/organization, a business strategy. Concept - Not a
legal requirement; designed to get better talent and/or serve a
diverse customer base
*How are women doing in leadership roles in US business? What is the
glass ceiling? Pay gap? Motherhood penalty?*
Ans: democratic leader or participative ask people about your
leadership or people oriented leader where you ask people get
to know their personalities. Seen as positive for women by
followers (men and women).
But if women does dictator, authoritarian, task, seen as
negative by followers.
when having baby you lose average 4% of pay per kid, man
bumps up 6%. It's the perception that working mother is
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MGMT 3500 Final Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
What is "diversity management"?
Ans: Diversity management is the strategy of using best
practices with proven results to find and create a diverse and
inclusive workplace.
Title VII of Civil Rights Act - intent? Who is included in protected
classes? Applies to which states? What are "employment decisions"?
Ans: Race, gender, sex, color, ethnic origin, religion
Applies to all states
Employment decisions: Hiring, firing, promotions, assignments,
etc.
Federal law vs. state and local laws impacting HR
Ans: HR professionals must be familiar with a wide array of
different statutory and regulatory authorities in orde r to
effectively and lawfully deal with company personnel.
Federal laws trump state and local.
Disparate impact
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Ans: Disparate impact: policies, practices, rules or other
systems that appear to be neutral result in a disproportionate
impact on a protected group.
Ex. If you test all applicants and only African Americans are
eliminated based on the results of the assessment.
Disparate treatment
Ans: Disparate treatment is intentional employment
discrimination.
Ex. If only African American applicants are required to take a
pre-employment assessment test
What is "retaliation"?
Ans: it is illegal to retaliate against an employee who has
complained about sexual harassment or one who participates in
an investigation. This includes firing, giving worse assignments,
shifts, harassing, threatening.
ADA
Ans: reasonable accommodation - under $500/free don't have
to alter or change anything that's an essential job function.
ADA covers physical serious health issues and mental health.
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
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ADEA
Ans: Covers 40+ years old
Intent to stop replacing old ppl with young cheap ee s.
Applies to organizations w/ 20+ ees
Benefits can't be denied based on age
Equal pay act
Ans: Aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex. If men
and women do same job should be paid equal. Still a gap
though.
Definition of diversity (primary vs. secondary)
Ans: Primary: Born this way
Secondary: Raised or chosen
What is the "business model of Diversity management"?
Ans: Striving for diversity in order to ultimately benefit bottom
dollar. Attract the best employees, good PR, better ideas, less
lawsuits, lower turnover
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*What is Affirmative Action? And how does it differ from managing
diversity?*
Ans: Affirmative action: Governance - Pres. orders/federal
court orders or voluntary. Concept - Policies that say action
should be taken to balance a workplace to it's labor
market/right past wrongs.
Managing diversity: Governance - Policies within a
company/organization, a business strategy. Concept - Not a
legal requirement; designed to get better talent and/or serve a
diverse customer base
*How are women doing in leadership roles in US business? What is the
glass ceiling? Pay gap? Motherhood penalty?*
Ans: democratic leader or participative ask people about your
leadership or people oriented leader where you ask people get
to know their personalities. Seen as positive for women by
followers (men and women).
But if women does dictator, authoritarian, task, seen as
negative by followers.
when having baby you lose average 4% of pay per kid, man
bumps up 6%. It's the perception that working mother is
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