Scenario C

question 37

Multiple Choice

Scenario C. Use the information given below to answer the questions that follow. The attorney of a company has listed some problems occurring in the human resources department. The potential legal violations are:
• Men were paid an average of ten percent more than women for the same jobs with the same performance levels.
• Women were denied health insurance and encouraged to quit after they announced that they were pregnant. However, men with medical conditions did not meet with similar treatment.
• Several employees who met the required qualifications were not being paid for working overtime.
-In the context of the second problem, which of the following laws has the company violated?

• A) Americans with Disabilities Act
• B) Pregnancy Discrimination Act
• C) Family and Medical Leave Act
• D) Fair Labor Standards Act
• E) Equal Pay Act

Understanding the relationship between human physical traits, such as facial masculinity, and their selectivity in mate choice.

Knowledge of assortative mating and its examples in human societies.

Understand the concept of the prisoner's dilemma and its implications for cooperation and reciprocity in the animal kingdom.

Grasp the principles of kin selection theory and its role in explaining altruistic behaviors in animals.

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Definitions:

Hawthorne Effect

The alteration of behavior by subjects of a study due to their awareness of being observed.

Situational Risk

The risk of harm or danger arising from specific circumstances or conditions of a particular situation.

Ethnographic Danger

Risks or ethical dilemmas researchers may face while conducting in-depth studies within communities or cultures.

Ambient Risk

A form of background risk that is present in the environment or surroundings, typically external to a system or organization.