In Bringing a Suit Charging an Employer with a Violation

question 247

Multiple Choice

In bringing a suit charging an employer with a violation of Title VII, the courts recognize what as the theory of the law?

• A) individual instances of disparate treatment or unintentional discrimination
• B) neutral rules that perpetuate past discrimination
• C) neutral rules that have a disparate impact and are not justified by business necessity
• D) individual instances of disparate treatment or unintentional discrimination and neutral rules that have a disparate impact and are not justified by business necessity only
• E) individual instances of disparate treatment or unintentional discrimination and neutral rules that have a disparate impact and are not justified by business necessity and neutral rules that perpetuate past discrimination

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Definitions:

Consumer Surplus

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Polluting Activity

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Taxes designed to influence market outcomes by correcting for the effects of externalities, encouraging or discouraging certain behaviors.

Regulations

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