Workplace

Question 1

ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA)

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Amendments to Americans with Disabilities Act covering the definition of individuals regarded as having a disability, mitigating measures, and other rules of construction to guide the analysis of what constitutes a disability.

Question 2

Adverse impact

Answer 2

Type of discrimination that results when a neutral policy has a discriminatory effect; also known as disparate impact.

Question 3

Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)

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Act that prohibits discrimination in employment for persons age 40 and over.

Question 4

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Answer 4

Act that prohibits discrimination against a qualified individual with a disability because of his/her disability.

Question 5

Assignees

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Employees who work outside their home countries.

Question 6

Bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ)

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Situation in which religion, sex, or national origin is reasonably necessary to carrying out a particular job function in the normal operations of an organization.

Question 7

Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth

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Court ruling that distinguished between supervisor harassment that results in tangible employment action and supervisor harassment that does not.

Question 8

Civil law

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Legal system based on written codes (laws, rules, or regulations).

Question 9

Civil Rights Act of 1964

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First comprehensive U.S. law making it illegal to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

Question 10

Civil Rights Act of 1991

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Act that expands the possible damage awards available to include compensatory and punitive damages; gives plaintiffs in cases of alleged discrimination the right to a jury trial

Question 11

Code of conduct

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Principles of conduct within an organization that guide decision making and behavior; also known as code of ethics

Question 12

Common law

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Legal system in which each case is considered in terms of how it relates to legal decisions that have already been made; evolves through judicial decisions over time

Question 13

Comparable worth

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Concept that states that jobs requiring comparable skills, effort, responsibility, and working conditions filled primarily by women should have the same job classification and salary as similar jobs filled by men

Question 14

Compliance program

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System for ensuring that policies and procedures addressing issues identified in the code of conduct are presented to and understood and acted on by everyone in the organization and for evaluating the results of those efforts.

Question 15

Conflict of interest

Answer 15

Situation in which a person or organization has the potential to be influenced by two opposing sets of incentives

Question 16

Consolidated Omnibus Budget reconciliation Act (COBRA)

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Act that provides individuals and dependents who may lose medical coverage with opportunity to pay to continue coverage

Question 17

Contingency plan

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Protocol that an organization implements to respond to an unplanned but identified risk event

Question 18

Corporate social responsibility (CSR)

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Recognition of the impact a corporation has on the lives of its stakeholders (including shareholders, employees, communities, customers, and suppliers) and the environment; can include corporate governance, corporate philanthropy, sustainability, and employee rights and workplace safety.

Question 19

Cultural relativism

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Concept that argues that ethical behavior is determined by local culture, laws, and business practices.

Question 20

Culture

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Set of beliefs, attitudes, values, and behaviors shared by members of a group and passed down from one generation to the next

Question 21

Dilemma reconciliation

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Process of charting a course through cultural differences.

Question 22

Disability

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Physical or mental impairment that substantially limits major life activities

Question 23

Disparate impact

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Type of discrimination that results when a neutral policy has a discriminatory effect; also known as adverse impact

Question 24

Disparate treatment

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Type of discrimination that occurs when an applicant or employee is treated differently because of his or her membership in a protected class

Question 25

Diversity

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Differences in characteristics of people; can involve personality, work style, race, age, ethnicity, gender, religion, education, functional level at work, etc

Question 26

Diversity council

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Task force created to define a diversity and inclusion initiative and guide the development and implementation process

Question 27

Diversity dimensions

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Framework for understanding the range and complexity of diversity; includes four layers (personality, internal dimensions, external dimensions); also known as identity group

Question 28

Diversity of thought

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Concept describing the presence of different types of cognitive processes in a workplace; opposed to "groupthink", or similarity of thought processes and opinions.

Question 29

Drug-Free Workplace Act

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Requires federal contractors with contracts of $100,000 or more as well as recipients of grants from federal government to certify they are maintaining a drug-free workplace.

Question 30

Due process

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Concept that laws are enforced only through accepted, codified procedures

Question 31

Duty of care

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Principle that organizations should take all steps that are reasonably possible to ensure the health, safety, and well-being of employees and protect them from foreseeable injury

Question 32

Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA)

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Act that generally prevents employers engaged in or affecting interstate commerce from using lie detector tests either for preemployment screening or during the course of employment, with certain exemptions.

Question 33

Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)

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Act that established uniform minimum standards for employer-sponsored retirement and health and welfare benefits programs

Question 34

Employee resource group (ERG)

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Voluntary group for employees who share a particular diversity dimension (race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.); also known as affinity group or network group

Question 35

Employees

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Individuals who exchange work for wages or salary; in the U.S., workers who are covered by Fair Labor Standards Act regulations as determined by the IRS

Question 36

Employment practices liability insurance (EPLI)

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Type of liability insurance covering an organization against claims by employees, former employees, and employment candidates alleging that their legal rights in the employment relationship have been violated.

Question 37

Equal Employment Opportunity Act

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1972 act that amended Title VII and gave the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission authority to implement its administrative findings and conduct its own enforcement litigation.

Question 38

Equal Pay Act (EPA)

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Act that prohibits wage discrimination by requiring equal pay for equal work

Question 39

Ethical universalism

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Concept that argues that there are fundamental ethical principles that apply across cultures.

Question 40

Ethics

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Set of behavioral guidelines by which all directors, managers, and employees of an organization are expected to behave to ensure appropriate moral and ethical business standards, typically beyond the letter of the law

Question 41

Exempt employees

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Employees who are excluded from FLSA minimum wage and overtime pay requirements.

Question 42

Extraterritoriality

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Extension of the power of a country's laws over its citizens outside that country's sovereign national boundaries

Question 43

Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACT Act)

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Act that provides some relief to employers using third parties to conduct workplace investigations

Question 44

Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)

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Act that protects privacy of background information and ensures that information supplied is accurate

Question 45

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

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Act that regulates employee status, overtime pay, child labor, minimum wage, record keeping, and other administrative concerns.

Question 46

Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

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Act that provides employees with up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to care for family members or because of a serious health condition of the employee

Question 47

Faragher v. City of Boca Raton

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Court ruling that distinguished between supervisor harassment that results in tangible employment action and supervisor harassment that does not.

Question 48

Gender

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Refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities, and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for men and women.