Exam 17: Civil Rights, Women, and Diversity

Rights that are given to citizens by their government are called:

What was the separate but equal doctrine?

Ethnic nepotism refers to systematic efforts made by companies to recruit from diverse groups,promote tolerance,and modify corporate cultures to include nonmainstream employees.

A pattern of individual acts in a corporate culture that permits or condones discrimination is known as reverse discrimination.

According to which of the following is discrimination in favor of protected groups benevolent of intention?

The invisible barrier of sex discrimination that thwarts the advance of women to top corporate positions is known as bamboo ceiling.

Which of the following is true regarding the common elements of diversity programs?

_____ is the inherent authority of the state governments to regulate economic and social relationships for the welfare of the citizens.

All companies with 15 or more employees fall under the jurisdiction of Title VII and must report annually to the _____ the number of minorities and women in various job categories.

The inherent power of state governments to regulate economic and social relationships for the welfare of all citizens is known as police power.

Following the Civil War,Congress passed three constitutional amendments designed to protect the rights of former slaves.What were they?

Which of the following is used as a statistical test to measure disparate impact?

The Civil Rights Act of 1875 was based on the First Amendment of the U.S.Constitution.

Leadership from the top is critical for the success of diversity management programs.

The rights to which a person is entitled simply because he/she is a human and that cannot be taken away by the government are known as _____ rights.

Which of the following is an example of quid pro quo?

In the U.S.Declaration of Independence,"unalienable" rights are considered natural rights that cannot be taken away by government.

Measures enacted in the South from 1877 to the 1950s legalizing segregation in public places,buses,trains,restaurants,schools,and businesses were known as Jim Crow laws.

Which of the following countries has a feminine culture wherein cooperation and compromise have much higher priority than assertiveness and ambition?

_____ of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination in any aspect of employment.