A Number of Colleges, Universities, and Corporations Are Encouraged to Hire

question 149

Multiple Choice

A number of colleges, universities, and corporations are encouraged to hire equally qualified women and minorities for high status positions. In support of this practice, some argue that the paucity of women and minorities inadvertently communicates to students and workers that members of these groups are not as competent or worthy of consideration. In essence, those who support the diversification of the workforce point to __________ as a source of negative stereotypes and prejudice.

• A) realistic conflict
• B) scapegoating
• C) affirmative action
• D) institutional discrimination

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Definitions:

Equivalent Units

A concept used in cost accounting to convert the amount of work done on partially finished goods into the number of fully finished units.

Weighted-average

A method used in accounting and finance to calculate an average that takes into account the varying degrees of importance of the numbers in the dataset.

Conversion

The process of changing raw materials into finished goods, or the conversion of currencies, data, or resources from one form to another.

Equivalent Units

A principle applied in process costing that transforms units of incomplete production into an equivalent number of units as if they were fully completed.