The equal treatment argument against preferential treatment

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1. The increasing diversity of the workforce over the past few decades has led to a corresponding increase of diversity in positions of authority.

True or Fasle

2. Check all statements that are true of some form of preferential treatment

It is basically the same as Affirmative Action.

Uses membership in a disadvantaged group as an asset in the hiring decision.

Raises ethical questions about the (possible) violation of white men's rights.

It has been backed up by solid support from the US Supreme Court.

There are important philosophical arguments both for it and against it.

3. The merit argument against preferential treatment presupposes that jobs are essentially the private property of the owners of a business.

True or False.

4. The concept of "qualifications for a job" is not as simple as it may sound.

True or False

5. The equal treatment argument against preferential treatment is essentially the charge that it is reverse discrimination.

True or False

6. The compensatory argument for preferential treatment requires only that someone be compensated for some damage done.

True or False

7. Critics of the compensatory argument claim that the parties compensated in preferential treatment are not the parties who were injured by past discriminatory practices.

True or False

8. The equality argument for preferential treatment argues that equal opportunity must take into consideration the present inequalities resulting from discrimination in the past.

True or False

9. Quid pro quo sexual harassment always comes in the form of threats for refusing sexual advances.

True or False

10. According to EEOC guidelines, hostile work environment harassment is distinctly different from quid pro quo discrimination.

True or False

11. The EEOC guidelines allow for a hostile work environment to be determined by the subjective perception of an alleged victim.

True or False

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