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Curtis Supervises a Large Number of Clerical Employees

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Curtis supervises a large number of clerical employees.Several of his female subordinates have had babies this year.Curtis has taken this into account when conducting the performance appraisals of these subordinates,because he knows that new mothers are frequently sleep-deprived and that this can negatively affect their accuracy and performance levels.Curtis raises these employees' evaluations higher than what they would have objectively been otherwise.Curtis has committed the error of

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