Busn 4650 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

The Diversity Wheel - Marilyn Loden 6 Major core primary dimensions Outer-wheel is secondary dimensions 6 core primary dimensions - Age Gender Mental/Physical Abilities and Characteristics Race

What is Equal Protection under the 14th Amendment? - It stands for the proposition that the government may not treat groups differently without a satisfactory reason What happened in the case of Hu v. City of New York? - - Mr. Hu alleges that an assistant Chief Burkart who worked for NYC's DOB (Department of Buildings) is discriminating - The Chief is accused of making disparaging comments, having "personal vendetta" against Asians, calling Mr. Hu a rat, Burkart issues citations to Asian...

Rooney Rule (which is in the NFL, teams must interview at least one minority applicant when hiring a head coach) - Shareholders sought to pressure Amazon's Board into creating a should - With Amazon, the proposed "Rooney Rule" would require Amazon to "________" include qualified women and minority candidates. -- this strategy is already used by Costco and Microsoft -- All 10 of Amazon's directors are white and 7 are male. -- The board initially rejected this proposal.

__ out of 10 highly qualified women leave the workforce at some point in their career - 4 (37%) Women PULL Factors - 1. Children 2. Care for elderly parents 3. Personal Health Women PUSH Factors - 1. Work isn't satisfying or meaningful 2. Work is too demanding 3. No opportunity to advance

What are the three sources of cultural intelligence? - head, body, heart According to economic theory, - people act rationally in the aggregate (economics predict group behavior not individual behavior) According to economic theory, the cost for a company to change course is called - transaction cost anchoring bias - over-relying on the first piece of information obtained and using it as the baseline for comparison example: if the first applicant has an unusually high test score, it might...

constitution - what is the supreme law of the land? any power not given to the federal government is given to the states - what does the 10th amendment state? no state shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws - what does the 14th amendment state? intermediate scrutiny - gender/sex based laws receive ____________________________ strict scrutiny - laws that make a distinct...

story of Bo- the Culture Map - Bo waited to be expressly called on, so he didn't interject; he ignored silent cues to jump in; he explained that his cultural understanding would have him wait until verbally signaled to speak the French evaluation - a woman received a negative job evaluation but interpreted it as being positive because it was muted in its criticism but encouraging about the future to the author, ______ and _________ job evaluations are mirror opposites in what's emphasized...

story of Bo- the Culture Map - Bo waited to be expressly called on, so he didn't interject; he ignored silent cues to jump in; he explained that his cultural understanding would have him wait until verbally signaled to speak the French evaluation - a woman received a negative job evaluation but interpreted it as being positive because it was muted in its criticism but encouraging about the future to the author, ______ and _________ job evaluations are mirror opposites in what's emphasized...

Common Law Historically - Permitted employers to hire and fire virtually at will, unless restrained by contract or statute First significant federal constraint on employment law - Labor law in the 1920's and 1930's Most important statue eliminating discriminatory employment practices - The federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Apply to employers with 15 or more employees, labor unions, and certain other employers On the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or natio...