Chapter 3 Flashcards
Risk management
Identifying, assessing, and resolving risks before they become serious threats to the organization
Risk assessment
Identifying, analyzing, and prioritizing risks.
Risk control
Risk management planning and monitoring and resolving risks.
Risk management technique
4 types: avoidance reduction, sharing and retention
Unfair discrimination
When employment-related decisions and actions are not job-related, objective, or merit-based.
Fair discrimination
When only objective, merit-based, and job-related characteristics are used to determine employment-related decisions
Unlawful employment practices
Violate a federal, state, and local employment law.
Equal employment opportunity
A firm’s employment practices must be designed and used in a manner that treats employees and applicants consistently regardless of their protected characteristics, such as their sex and race.
Common law
The body of case-by-case court decisions that determines what is legal and what remedies are appropriate.
Workplace tort
A civil wrong in which an employer violates a duty owed to its customers or employees.
Bona fide occupational qualification
A characteristic that is essential to the successful performance of a relevant job function.
Affirmative action
Proactive efforts to eliminate discrimination and its past effects.
Protected classes
Groups underrepresented in employment particularly black native Americans, Asian Hispanic and women.
Affirmative action plan
Describes in detail the actions to be taken, procedures to be followed, and standards to be met when establishing an affirmative action program.
Preferential treatment
Employment preference given to a member of a protected group.
