Exam 14: Ethics, Justice, and Fair Treatment in HR Management

Which of the following requires that employers of 100 or more employees provide 60 days' notice before starting a layoff of 50 or more people?

The distributive justice component of organizational justice is best defined as the ________.

What is the most likely reason for more firms providing ethics training to employees?

Which component of organizational justice refers to the fairness of a process?

All of the following are layoff and downsizing alternatives EXCEPT having employees ________.

When a company rewards employees who behave ethically using the firm's incentive plan and appraisal system,they are ________ to encourage ethical behavior.

With a system of progressive penalties,the severity of the penalty depends on the offense and the employee's seniority level.

Experts recommend scheduling termination interviews for at least thirty minutes to allow plenty of time for outplacement counseling.

What is organizational justice? How can firms ensure organizational justice in performance appraisals?

The Evil Woman Thesis argues that when a woman doesn't act the way men and other women think she should,they will tend to treat her more harshly than they might if the alleged misdeed was done by a man.

Many people in the new business development group at GRS&M feel that Blaine was promoted due to her personal friendship with the supervisor rather than a fair review of the qualified employees in the group.This attitude is the result of the employees' perceived procedural justice relative to the decision.

Based on research into ethical behavior in the workplace,which of the following is a true statement?

In bumping and layoff procedures,which of the following factors is most significant in determining which employees will remain employed with a firm?

According to surveys,which of the following is the most commonly observed unethical behavior in the workplace?

How do both firms and individuals benefit from fair treatment in the workplace? When employee discipline is necessary,how can firms ensure that the disciplinary process is fair?

During which of the following is an employee informed of the fact that he or she has been dismissed?

Because seniority is usually company wide,an employee in one job can bump or displace an employee in another job,provided the more senior person can do the job without further training.

Which of the following involves using fingerprints or iris scans to identify employees?

During a merger and acquisition,it is especially important for managers to be sensitive to employees who are dismissed so that ________.

A selection interview would most likely be considered unfair if a manager ________.