Question 1

The Occupational Safety and Health Act gives workers the right to a job:

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With equal wages for similar kinds of work.

With wages that enable an employee to enjoy a decent standard of living.

That is free from recognized hazards that are likely to cause death or serious injury.

That does not require them to lift, bend, or move items at any time on the job.

The conditions under which a company’s employees work is called:

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Labor standards.

Sweatshops.

Accountability standards.

Wage levels.

A reason for an increase in employee monitoring does not include:

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To achieve greater efficiency at work.

To avoid lawsuits if employees act in inappropriate ways.

To make sure employees do not disclose confidential information.

To reduce the employer’s health insurance premiums.

When an employee believes their employer has done something that is wrong or harmful to the public, and he or she reports alleged organizational misconduct to the media, government, or high-level company officials, what has occurred?

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Insider trading.

Hot-lining.

Whistle-blowing.

Snitching.

Which of the following is not true about employee theft?

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Almost half of all inventory losses are due to employee theft in the U.S.

It is a significant economic, social, and ethical problem in the workplace.

Almost half of all employees have stolen from an employer at least once in his or her career.

Employees damage coworkers and their employers by stealing from the company.

Which law allows individuals who sue federal contractors for fraud to receive up to 30 percent of any amount recovered by the government?

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False Standards Act.

Economic Priorities Act (as amended in 1999).

U.S. False Claims Act (as amended in 1986).

Fair Labor Standards Act.

Polygraph testing:

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Is encouraged by the Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988.

Is used by 85 percent of U.S. companies as a pre-employment screening procedure.

Has been replaced by written psychological tests.

Is used by 85 percent of U.S. companies to discover employee theft.

If someone is entitled to be treated a certain way, this refers to a(n):

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Relationship.

Obligation.

Duty.

Right.

During the 1930s, many workers in the United States joined unions, and the ranks of organized labor grew rapidly. This historical period was called:

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The Fair Deal.

The New Deal.

The Progressive Era.

The Age of Unionization.

Privacy rights seek to protect the employees’ private lives from:

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Competitors’ actions.

Workplace violence.

Intrusive and unwarranted business actions.

Pressure to unionize.

Universal rules establishing a common set of labor standards worldwide are called:

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Corporate codes of conduct.

NGO standardization.

Industry-wide codes of conduct.

Fair labor standards.

The right to free speech is protected in the United States by the:

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Constitution.

Patriot Act.

False Claims Act.

Fair Labor Standards Act.

Which of the following is not an argument favoring employee drug testing?

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It improves employee productivity.

It decreases employee theft and absenteeism.

It promotes safety in the workplace.

It is an intrusion on individual privacy.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics, the highest injury rates are found in which of these industries?

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Warehousing.

Service.

Healthcare.

Call centers.

Since the mid-1950s the proportion of American workers represented by unions has:

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Decreased.

Increased.

Remained about the same.

Grown only in the manufacturing sector.

Which of the following government rules on equal treatment of employees does not apply to businesses?

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Discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or age is prohibited in all employment practices.

Government contractors must have written positive affirmative action plans to overcome the past and present effects of discrimination in their work force.

Women and men must receive equal pay for performing equal work.

Affirmative action plans must be permanent.

A study by Catalyst found that companies with three or more female directors had:

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Significantly lower returns on equity than those with no female directors.

Significantly higher returns on equity than those with no female directors.

Significantly more family-friendly policies than those with no female directors.

Significantly less family-friendly policies than those with no female directors.

When a mother or father is granted time off when children are born or adopted and during the early months of a child’s development, this is called:

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The parent track.

Baby care.

Parental leave.

Family leave.

Which of the following is an argument against affirmative action?

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It costs American business too much money.

There are no mechanisms in place to verify that it is actually taking place.

It is inconsistent with the principles of fairness and equality.

It violates individuals’ basic human rights.

Since the early 1990s racial harassment charges filed:

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Have been cut in half from 10,000 to 5,000 a year.

Have decreased dramatically and are now less than 1000 a year.

Have more than doubled to about 9,000 a year.

Have stayed about the same at roughly 4,000 a year.

5 points

Sexual harassment applies to:

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Only men who are being harassed.

Only women who are being harassed.

Either men or women who are being harassed.

Only attractive employees who are being harassed.

Executive Order 11246, established in 1965, mandates:

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Affirmative action for all government employees.

Affirmative action for all federal contractors and subcontractors.

Equal pay for equal work for all federal contractors and subcontractors.

Family and medical leave for all federal employees for illness, or the birth of a child.

Which ethnic group, as defined by the U.S. Census, represents the fastest-growing percentage of the labor force?

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African-Americans.

Hispanics.

Asians.

Native Americans.

Under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), passed in 1993:

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Companies that employ 100 or more people must grant unpaid, job protected leaves of up to 12 weeks to employees faced with serious family needs.

Companies that employ 50 or more people must grant unpaid, job protected leaves of up to 36 weeks to employees faced with serious family needs.

Companies that employ 50 or more people must grant unpaid, job protected leaves of up to 12 weeks to employees faced with serious family needs.

Companies that employ 50 or less people are required to do more for expectant and new parents.

Age, ethnicity, gender, mental or physical abilities, race, and sexual orientation are what dimensions of diversity?

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Primary.

Secondary.

Tertiary.

Environmental.

Variation in the important human characteristics that distinguish people from one another is called:

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Workforce variability.

Diversity.

Difference.

Affirmative action.

“Glass walls” refers to:

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Fewer opportunities for upward advancement.

Fewer opportunities to move sideways into jobs that lead to the top.

Reliance on word of mouth by recruiters for top positions — “the old boys’ network” from which women are excluded.

A company’s lack of commitment to diversity.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was created in:

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1932.

1964.

1972.

1990.

Racial harassment is illegal under:

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Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

The Third Amendment to the Constitution.

The Equal Pay Act.

The Family Medical Leave Act.

How do “glass walls” differ from “glass ceilings?”

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They don’t; they are the same thing.

Glass walls do not exist; only glass ceilings are real.

Glass walls apply to mid- and lower-level women managers.

Glass walls focus on sideways promotions in the organization.