Since Becoming Pregnant, Alice Has Not Been Given Any Long-Term

question 31

Multiple Choice

Since becoming pregnant, Alice has not been given any long-term, cutting-edge projects; rather she has been given short-term assignments that don't allow for learning new areas. Her manager says he believes short-term is better due to her starting a family. This situation demonstrates

• A)the inevitable trade-offs that working mothers face.
• B)effective diversity management.
• C)necessary prioritization of business goals over employee needs.
• D)discrimination in violation of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act.
• E)fairly distributing the workload.

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