Reference no: EM133410863
Questions
1. Which of the following is true about whistle-blowers according to law?
Whistle-blowers must receive police protection.
Whistle-blower reports are always investigated.
Whistle-blowers are guaranteed a job.
Whistle-blowers cannot be retaliated against.
Whistle-blowers are compensated for reporting.
2. What is a major challenge of workplace diversity?
Lower levels of innovation
Manager-employee conflict
Communication difficulties
Lower productivity
Decreased creativity
3. What is the main purpose of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration?
To conduct surprise inspections of businesses to see what laws they are violating
To oversee the regulations intended to ensure safe and healthy working conditions for all employees
To help employees seek restitution if they have suffered as a result of poor working conditions
To threaten all companies with the possibility of fines and other punishment if any employees are injured or killed
To improve the overall quality of the workforce in the United States and to increase global competitiveness
4. What does the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) require of certain employers?
Provide 12 weeks of paid leave to an employee with a special family or medical circumstance
Allow employees up to a year of unpaid leave to attend to a family medical emergency without the loss of their jobs
Provide all employees with 10 weeks of job-protected leave for certain family and medical emergencies
Provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave to eligible employees for certain family and medical reasons
Provide 12 weeks of leave at 50% of the employee's normal salary for a family or medical reason
5. What is an employee who reports individual or corporate wrongdoing to either internal or external sources known as?
Tattletale
Ethics officer
Whistle-blower
Retaliator
Hostile worker
6. How does the level of job-related stress and fatigue in the United States generally compare to the level in Japan?
The United States experiences a much higher level of stress-related symptoms from work than Japan does.
Due to the relatively slack work effort in both the United States and Japan, work-related stress and fatigue are uncommon.
Both countries experience nearly the same high levels of work-related stress and fatigue problems.
The overall work-related stress and fatigue levels in the United States are moderate compared to the high levels in Japan.
Although they are quite comparable, United States workers experience slightly more stress-related problems than Japanese workers.
7. Which of the following is an example of external factors affecting the perception of a firm's decision to downsize?
The downsizing corporation does not offer any kind of career or employment assistance to the employees they lay off.
A company begins assisting the employees it affects by the workforce reduction as soon as it is aware of potential reductions.
Other companies in the area quickly hire the employees laid off from the downsizing company.
The company considers how it will function after the workforce reduction has taken place.
External factors do not play a role in the perception of a company's downsizing decision; only internal factors are important.
8. Which of the following categories of employment discrimination does Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 cover?
National origin
Pregnancy
Age
Disabilities
Unionized employees
9. Which of the following terms is used to describe the elimination of employment positions?
Psychological contract
Transfer
Downsizing
Erosion
Upsizing
10. Which of the following is a disadvantage of workforce reduction?
The firm's financial performance will suffer in the short-run.
Companies must pay a year's worth of compensation to terminated employees.
Overall labor costs tend to increase.
Companies usually end up terminating their most productive employees.
Intellectual capital is lost when companies terminate employees.