When a Job Is Awarded or Denied to a Person

question 105

Multiple Choice

When a job is awarded or denied to a person solely on the basis of whether they are a man or a woman, it is an example of gender ________.

• A) discrimination
• B) prejudice
• C) disequity
• D) burnout

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Definitions:

Rent-Seeking Behavior

Actions by individuals or businesses to increase their own wealth without contributing to productivity or value creation, often through political manipulation or exploitation of resources.

Irrational Preferences

Choices or decisions that are not in line with conventional logic or economic efficiency.

Public Good

is a good that is non-excludable and non-rivalrous, meaning no one can be excluded from its use, and one person's use does not reduce its availability to others.

Majority Vote

A voting system where the decision or choice that gets more than half of the votes wins.