Scenario 2.1: Workplace Relationships

question 134

Multiple Choice

Scenario 2.1: Workplace Relationships
Ms.Aslani,a young woman who immigrated from Tehran,had a past relationship with her senior manager,Mr.McKinnon.She held a low paying administrative support position with a local private manufacturing company.During the relationship,they would frequently text each other with sexual messages.The relationship ended after two months,but the texting by Mr.McKinnon continued.The employee both verbally and by text said that the texting made her uncomfortable and requested that the senior manager stop texting.The texts did not stop,and Ms.Aslani became stressed and took a leave of absence.After several months,when the texting continued despite the employee's threats to contact the police,Ms.Aslani left the company.The company did not have a policy on employees' social use of communication technologies while at work.
-Please refer to Scenario 2.1.What does this case point out?

• A)that female dominated jobs and male dominated jobs exist within all organizations
• B)that relationships between sex and power exist within organizations
• C)that workplace equity issues are increasing due to technology
• D)that employment harassment is increasing due to technology

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Definitions:

Shut-down Decision

The choice made by a firm about temporarily or permanently ceasing operations, often because operating costs exceed revenues at the current market price.

Short-run

A timeframe in economics during which at least one factor of production is fixed and cannot be changed.

MC

is an abbreviation for Marginal Cost, which represents the change in total cost that arises when the quantity produced is incremented by one unit.

ATC

Average Total Cost is determined by dividing the total production expense by the output quantity.