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| Natural Rights Vs Civil Rights |
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Rights to which all human beings are entitled to. Governments can not grant or take them away
Civil Rights: Rights bestowed by governments on their citizens |
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| 13th 14th 15th amendments |
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13: Abolished slavery
14: Prevent southern states from passing discriminatory law
15: Prohibit race discrimination in voting |
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| Measures enacted in south in late 1800's to mid 1900's that legalized segregation in public places, i.e. schools, trains, restaurants. Term Jim Crow is taken from a nineteenth century minstrel show and now stands for the practice of discrimination or segregation |
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| An inherent power of state governments to regulate economic and social relationships for the welfare of all citizens |
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| Separate But Equal (2 Court cases) |
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| The belief that racially segregated facilities were not inherently unequal. Created in Plessy V. Ferguson, hindered 14th amendment. Struck down in Brown V. Board of Education |
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| Disparate Treatment and Disparate Impact and Business Necessity |
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Unequal treatment of employees based on race, color, sex, or national origin
Necessity: A legal defense a cmopany can use to fight a disparate impact charge. It must show the practice in question was job related and essential.
Impact: Discrimination caused by policies that apply to everyone and seem neutral but have the effect of disadvantaging a protected group. Such policies are illegal unless strongly job related and indispensable to the conduct of business |
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| A statistical test for disparate impact. The test failed when for example blacks or women are selected at a rate less than 80 percent of the rate at which white male applicants are selected |
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| Policies that seek our, encourage, and sometimes give preferential treatment to employes in groups protected by title VII |
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| Two situations where harassment is illegal |
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Quid Pro Quo: submission to sexual activity is required to get or keep a job
Hostile Environment: Sexually offensive conduct is pervasive in a workplace, making work unreasonably difficult for an affected individual. |
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| Diversity management and its components |
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Programs to increase worker heterogeneity and make corporate cultures more friendly to employees of any race, ethnicity, sex, gender, religion, etc.
Components:
-Rewards systems
-Policy changes
-Data Collection
-Leadership
-Change in Structure
-Training Programs
-Mentors
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| A networking group formed by employees who personify an attribute associated with bias and social isolation. |
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