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Midterm Exam Study Guide
BUS 305: Workforce Diversity in the 21st Century
Dr. Ashley Alteri
This is a list of all possible questions that could appear on your exam. I will include 3 long and 3
short essay questions on the exam and you will be able to pick 2 long and 2 short essays to
answer (for a total of 4 essay questions). The exam will cover the material your textbook that we
covered before the midterm and the materials posted on Brightspace.
Long Essays (max. length: 2 pages single spaced)
1. The book discusses two different theories of discrimination and affirmative action: the
neoclassical economic approach and the equal opportunities theory. Describe each theory
and explain the difference between them.
2. James, a light-complexioned African American, has worked as a waiter at a restaurant
for over a year. His manager, a brown-complexioned African American, has frequently
made offensive comments and jokes about James’s skin color, causing him to lose sleep
and dread coming in to work. James’s requests that the conduct stop only intensified the
abuse.
• What employment discrimination claims, if any does James have?
• What are the potential basis and issue types?
• Please describe the strengths and weaknesses of his claim.
3. Eliza works at Tots Day Care Center. Tots is run by a religious organization that believes
that, while women may work outside of the home if they are single or have their
husband’s permission, men should be the heads of their households and the primary
providers for their families. Believing that men shoulder a greater financial responsibility
than women, the organization pays female teachers less than male teachers.
• What employment discrimination claims, if any does Eliza have?
• What are the potential basis and issue types?
• Please describe the strengths and weaknesses of his claim.
4. An employer is interviewing applicants for a computer programmer position. The
employer determines that one of the applicants, Arnold, is the best qualified, but is
reluctant to hire him because he disclosed during the interview that he is a divorced
father and has sole custody of his son, who has a disability. Because the employer
concludes that Arnold’s caregiving responsibilities for a person with a disability may
have a negative effect on his attendance and work performance, it decides to offer the
position to the second best qualified candidate.
• What employment discrimination claims, if any does Arnold have?
• What are the potential basis and issue types?
• Please describe the strengths and weaknesses of his claim.
5. Julia, a salesperson took five months of leave as a reasonable accommodation. The
company compares the sales records of all salespeople over a one-year period, and any
employee whose sales fall more than 25% below the median sales performance of all
employees is automatically terminated. The employer terminates Julia because she had
fallen below the required performance standard. The company did not consider that the
reason for her lower sales performance was her five-month leave of absence; nor did it
assess her productivity during the period she did work (i.e., prorate her productivity).
• What employment discrimination claims, if any does Eliza have?
• What are the potential basis and issue types?
• How should the company have handled the situation? Explain how they could
extend the reasonable accommodation for Julia into the calculation of their
performance standards.
Short Essays (max. length: 1 page single spaced)
1. Define affirmative action. Please describe how affirmative action impacts hiring and
selection and the popular misconceptions about affirmative action
2. What is employment discrimination? What is the difference between covert and overt
discrimination. What is the difference between intentional and unintentional
discrimination. Please provide examples of each.
3. What are the characteristics of an inclusive workplace (hint, the book mentions 5)?
4. The Americans With Disabilities Acts protects people who are considered disabled
according to the law. According to this law, what are the ways in which a person is
considered disabled (protected by the law)?
5. Under the Age Discrimination Act, the law allows you to waive your rights to a claim.
What must you receive in order to waive your rights? In order for the waiver to be valid,
what must be included in the waiver?