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1. How can a business protect itself from discrimination charges? How could a human resource management (HRM) department use these tests to determine potential discriminatory practices? What considerations should be given when using these tests?
2. What is affirmative action? What process could an HRM department follow to apply affirmative action programs?
3. Assume you are the human resources (HR) manager at ABC Publishing. The company has recently received several complaints of sexual harassment. The HR department has decided to create a sexual harassment policy. What should the policy include? How should the policy be implemented and enforced?
4. Do you think an employer has the right to monitor an employee's computer? Explain your answer. What principle should the HRM department have to ensure work efficiency while protecting employee privacy?
5. What are the pros and cons associated with drug testing? What is your opinion toward requiring drug testing for all new employees? Discuss the ethical and legal considerations associated with drug testing. Use laws or regulatory policies to support your opinion.
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This solution provides an explanation of affirmative action, how a business can protect itself from discrimination, and sexual harassment policies. Each discusses how human resource management would handle the same.
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1. How can a business protect itself from discrimination charges? To protect itself from discrimination charges, a business should ensure that they do not discriminate when hiring or firing employees. Furthermore, when employees are working, a business needs to ensure that each employee is treated the same, no matter their race. A business also needs to ensure that any promotions or pay raises are solely based on an individual's merit and not based upon race.
How could a human resource management (HRM) department use these tests to determine potential discriminatory practices? A HRM department can use tests to ensure that discrimination does not occur by utilizing a specified number of employees, who are different in terms of race or gender, both with the same job description, both with the same qualifications. The HRM department should then compare the results of each employee's pay raise or promotion to test whether or not any discrimination has occurred.
What considerations should be given when using these tests? The considerations include type of work, number of employees being tested, any known and unknown variables, questions being responded to, promotions and pay raises.
2. What is affirmative action? Affirmative action is a policy that was enacted to ensure that women and minorities receive an increase in employment, education, and business, other than what was historically conducted.
"In general terms, affirmative action is a term used to identify policies or programs aimed at ...
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