Exam 3: Equal Employment Opportunity, Affirmative Action, and Workforce Diversity

In the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA),the ________ ensures that a returning employee is not penalized for the time spent on active duty.

Why do some managers find the issue of diversity and diversity management to be challenging?

Which term refers to ensuring that factors are in place to encourage the continued development of a productive and diverse workforce by melding actual and perceived differences among workers?

The members of Generation X,born between the mid-1960s and the late 1970s,believe in lifetime job security.

According to the Uniform Guidelines,any instrument or procedure used in the selection decision is considered a(n)________.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission administers the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

The concept of ________ as a legitimate workplace diversity issue has gained increasing recognition.

Which Executive Order amended EO 11246 and changed the word creed to religion and added sex discrimination to the other prohibited items?

What is the difference between diversity management and affirmative action?

Why is there potential for sexual harassment to occur when individuals from two different cultures interact?

What was the first sexual harassment case to reach the U.S.Supreme Court?

What term refers to any perceived difference among people,such as age,profession,lifestyle,or position?

The Rehabilitation Act is administered by the ________.

The primary purpose of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act is to ________.

When individuals from two different cultures interact,there is a potential for sexual harassment problems.

The 1974 Seventh Circuit Court ruled that Greyhound did not violate the ADEA when it refused to hire persons 35 years of age or older as intercity bus drivers.

President Obama decided that the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act that bars federal recognition of same sex marriages ________.

When Walgreens opened a state-of-the-art distribution center in Windsor,Connecticut,the firm had a goal of filling at least one-third of all jobs with ________.

The ________ is a requirement designed to ensure that a soldier who is a returning employee is not penalized for the time spent on active duty.

According to diversity experts,diversity management requires employers to do all of the following EXCEPT ________.