Business and society Chapter – Flashcards
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By 2020, the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that what percentage of all workers will be women?
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47 percent
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Age, ethnicity, gender, mental or physical disabilities, race, and sexual orientation or what dimensions of diversity?
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Primary
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which ethnic group, as defined by the US Census, represents the fastest growing percentage of the labor force?
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Asians
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women have entered the workforce
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all of the above
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the pay gap for Hispanic women, relatively to white men, has
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declined by almost 5 since 2000
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which of the following is not true about occupational segregation?
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the large pay gap for Hispanic workers partly reflects their concentration in several high paying occupations
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in 2011, what percentage of corporate officers of the Fortune 500 companies were woman?
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14 Percent
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A study by Catalyst found that companies with three or more female directors had:
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significantly higher returns on equity that those with no female
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"Glass walls" refers to:
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fewer opportunities to move sideways into jobs that lead to the top
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which of the following is not true about women business owners?
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they are forming businesses to roughly the same rate that men are
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which of the following government rules on equal treatment of employees does not apply to businesses?
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affirmative action plans must be permanent
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which of the following is not true about the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EECO)
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it monitors foreign government employment practices
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executive order 11246, is stablished in 1965 mandates
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affirmative action for all federal contractors and subcontractors
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which of the following is an argument against affirmative action?
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it is inconsistent with the principles of fairness and equality
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reverse discrimination occurs when
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one group is unintentionally discriminated against in an effort to help another group
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sexual harassment applies to
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either men or women who are being harassed
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racial harassment is illegal under
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title VII of the Civil Rights act
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since the early 1990 s racial harassment charges filed
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have more than doubled to about nine thousand a year
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companies can combat sexual and racial harassment and protect themselves from expensive lawsuits by:
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A. developing a zero-tolerance policy on harassment and communicate it clearly to employees B. establishing a complaint procedure and act quickly to resolve any problems A and B but not C
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which of the following is an action that companies take to manage diversity?
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set up a Diversity Council to monitor the company's goals
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which of the following is not a benefit of managing diversity effectively?
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these businesses get tax breaks from the federal government
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which of the following is are to about child care programs?
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all of the above
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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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parental leave
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under the Family and Medical Leave Act FMLA passed in 1993
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companies that employ 50 or more people must grant unpaid job protected leave for up to 12 weeks to employees faced with serious family needs
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what steps have companies been taken to support their lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender employees?
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all of the above
