Integrating Diversity Into A Corporate Mission Statement

Question: The underlying goal of managing diversity is to:

Answer: Understand and value employee differences

Question: Understanding and appreciating employee differences to build a more effective and profitable organization is known as:

Answer: Managing diversity

Question: The term used to refer to all kinds of differences including religious affiliation, age, disability status, economic class, and lifestyle in addition to gender, race, ethnicity, and nationality is:

Answer: Diversity

Question: As related to managing human resources, diversity refers to differences in:

Answer: demographics, such as age, race, and educational level.

Question: An invisible barrier that makes it difficult for certain groups, such as minorities and women, to move beyond a certain level in the organizational hierarchy is referred to as the:

Answer: Glass ceiling

Question:

Answer: Hit the glass ceiling

Question: Conduct of a sexual nature that has negative consequences for employment is known as sexual:

Answer: Harassment

Question: Submission to or rejection of sexual conduct that is used as a basis for employment decisions is referred to as:

Answer: quid pro quo harassment.

Question: Amanda’s manager offered to double her annual raise in exchange for a dinner date with him. She was upset because she had no interest in dating him, yet she really wanted the raise. Which of the following types of harassment is Amanda experiencing?

Answer: Quid pro quo harassment

Question: When unwelcome sexual conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with job performance or creating an intimidating or offensive work atmosphere, it is known as:

Answer: Hostile environment