Busn 4650 exam - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

The Diversity Wheel - Marilyn Loden 6 Major core primary dimensions Outer-wheel is secondary dimensions 6 core primary dimensions - Age Gender Mental/Physical Abilities and Characteristics Race

What is Equal Protection under the 14th Amendment? - It stands for the proposition that the government may not treat groups differently without a satisfactory reason What happened in the case of Hu v. City of New York? - - Mr. Hu alleges that an assistant Chief Burkart who worked for NYC's DOB (Department of Buildings) is discriminating - The Chief is accused of making disparaging comments, having "personal vendetta" against Asians, calling Mr. Hu a rat, Burkart issues citations to Asian...

__ out of 10 highly qualified women leave the workforce at some point in their career - 4 (37%) Women PULL Factors - 1. Children 2. Care for elderly parents 3. Personal Health Women PUSH Factors - 1. Work isn't satisfying or meaningful 2. Work is too demanding 3. No opportunity to advance

What are the three sources of cultural intelligence? - head, body, heart According to economic theory, - people act rationally in the aggregate (economics predict group behavior not individual behavior) According to economic theory, the cost for a company to change course is called - transaction cost anchoring bias - over-relying on the first piece of information obtained and using it as the baseline for comparison example: if the first applicant has an unusually high test score, it might...

What are DEFENSES for Title VII? - - BFOQ (Bona Fide Occupational Qualifier)/Business Necessity Limitation: discrimination is OK if on the basis of BFOQ needed to run a business or necessity - Business necessity for disparate impact TRUE or FALSE: Discrimination and policies with disparate impact are illegal. - TRUE What are types of disparate impacts (remember they're illegal)? - - Personnel tests that no substantial relation to the job - Use of credit ratings in certain instances

Rooney Rule (which is in the NFL, teams must interview at least one minority applicant when hiring a head coach) - Shareholders sought to pressure Amazon's Board into creating a should - With Amazon, the proposed "Rooney Rule" would require Amazon to "________" include qualified women and minority candidates. -- this strategy is already used by Costco and Microsoft -- All 10 of Amazon's directors are white and 7 are male. -- The board initially rejected this proposal.

Plays up differences between people; defining trait Use diversity to get a leg up within their industry, felt certain groups feel exploited Removes people from the corporate ladder to a niche market that is directly related to the diversifying characteristics Better for the customer perspective not for employees

constitution - what is the supreme law of the land? any power not given to the federal government is given to the states - what does the 10th amendment state? no state shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws - what does the 14th amendment state? intermediate scrutiny - gender/sex based laws receive ____________________________ strict scrutiny - laws that make a distinct...

__% of Baby Boomers will continue to work part-time after retirement - 80% 3 U.S Laws surrounding age - 1. IRS Regulations 2. ERISA 3. ADA Average age of workers at VitaNeedle is___. The oldest employee is ___ years old. - 74; 100 Why does VitaNeedle like hiring older employees? - 1. They are more loyal 2. They pay more attention to detail 3. Fewer days absent

ero-risk bias - preferring the choice that provides certainty of a smaller benefit as opposed to an alternative with more risk and greater potential benefit example: search committees may seek to avoid risk by hiring a "safer" candidate with a greater perceived likelihood of success rather than taking a reasonable amount of risk the Caste System involves three types of discrimination: - class, ethnic, national origin IBM - - has a history of progressiveness and promoting equal rights - G...