Epic Electronics Recently Launched a Program to Evaluate the Relative

question 44

Multiple Choice

Epic Electronics recently launched a program to evaluate the relative levels of skills, education, and training needed to perform various jobs. Based on the results of this evaluation, Epic intends to adjust pay scales so that jobs requiring similar levels of skills, abilities, and education will receive similar pay. Epic Electronics's program is an attempt to deal with the issue of

• A) comparable worth.
• B) affirmative action.
• C) reverse discrimination.
• D) equal employment opportunities.

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Moral Requirement

An ethical obligation or duty that individuals are expected to follow based on moral principles or societal norms.

General Happiness

A state of overall well-being and contentment, often considered as a goal of human life.

Utilitarianism

A theory in normative ethics holding that the best moral action is the one that maximizes utility, usually defined as that which produces the greatest well-being of the greatest number of people.

Categorical Imperative

A central philosophical concept in the deontological moral philosophy of Immanuel Kant, which asserts that an action is morally right if it can be universally applied as a principle.