Which of the Following Statements About Public Employees' Rights Is

question 23

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about public employees' rights is INCORRECT?

• A) While investigating charges of sexual harassment and malfeasance of one of its doctors, a state hospital cannot search his desk.
• B) There is no mention of privacy in the Constitution
• C) In contrast to the federal government, more than a dozen states have provided significant protection for the privacy of their homosexual employees.
• D) In 1986, President Reagan established by executive order the federal government drug-testing program -- thing giving a great deal of discretion to agency heads regarding who will be tested.
• E) Public employers can set aside the individual's right to free speech if they can show that their ability to function properly and provide effective services is severely threatened.

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Definitions:

Avoidant

Characterized by a pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and a hypersensitivity to negative evaluation.

Personality Disorder

A type of mental disorder characterized by enduring maladaptive patterns of behavior, cognition, and inner experience, exhibited across many contexts and deviating from those accepted by the individual's culture.

Anxious Cluster

Refers to a group of personality disorders characterized by high levels of anxiety and fearfulness, including avoidant, dependent, and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders.

Eccentric

Characterized by or exhibiting unconventional and slightly strange behaviors or attitudes.