Reference no: EM131730128

1. A police department is investigating a local group that is believed to be participating in organized crime. He group is limited to members who are nationals of China but are in the USA lawfully. They are locally known as the “Chinese Mafia” and are headquartered in the city’s “little China” area. The police department wants to hire “undercover” operatives and send them to “little China” and try to infiltrate this group and be police informants or undercover officers. The police department will only hire Chinese applicants (who can lawfully work in the USA) for this position and will reject all other applicants.  

This is discrimination as one national origin is favored over another

This is a violation of the employment at will doctrine

This is a violation of the right to work laws

There is a valid BFOQ here that allows this particular employer to    favor a particular protected class over others should a Title VII lawsuit be filed.

2. Which of the following constitutes illegal discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by a police agency?:

Firing an employee who cannot see because of this condition

Firing an employee who cannot hear because of this condition

Firing an employee who is over the age of 40 because of this age

Firing an employee who because of this sexual preference

All of the above as Title VII is meant to eliminate ALL types of discrimination in the workplace

None of the forgoing options are correct responses to the question asked