An Employer Can Avoid Liability for Racial Harassment by Showing

question 40

Multiple Choice

An employer can avoid liability for racial harassment by showing that the:

• A) employer himself or herself did not directly perpetrate the harassment.
• B) employee is not a member of a protected group.
• C) employer took prompt, corrective remedial action to address the situation.
• D) employee was not subjected to physical abuse.

Understand the concepts of public goods, private goods, common resources, and the distinctions between them.

Recognize the "Tragedy of the Commons" and identify privatization as a potential solution.

Comprehend the role of government in subsidizing research and providing public goods due to market failure.

Identify the free-rider problem and its implications for the provision of public goods.

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