Lisa Is a Project Manager for a Large Consulting Firm

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Lisa is a project manager for a large consulting firm.She supervises multiple project teams over a single year.Often,the teams work at distant locations,so Lisa rarely meets with every employee on each project team.Nevertheless,Lisa's company requires her to conduct performance appraisals on each team member.Lisa is concerned that her performance appraisals will not hold up in court if the one of her subordinates later sues for discrimination.Lisa is correct to be concerned because in the present performance appraisal system

• A) one manager evaluates each employee.
• B) individuals are being evaluated even though they work on teams.
• C) the manager has little personal knowledge of and contact with the appraised individual.
• D) this type of evaluation is prima facie evidence of disparate impact.

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