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Refer to Trends in Hiring Practices. When an Amy's job applicant returns with whatever he or she decided to make from the brown paper bag, the store manager conducts a The questions asked by the manager are based on what applicants did with the bag. 15. brief structured b. needs assessment Unilever Unilever has operations in 150 countries. In 2001, Unilever took 100 of these top managers on a jungle retreat to Costa Rica. To the dismay of Unilever's chair, there were no women in the group. Upon investigation, he learned that only one woman had even been invited. As the retreat progressed, its participants commented on the richness of diversity in nature and how for anything to grow its needs diversity. These comments caused Unilever's chair to establish an executive committee to examine practical ways to overcome barriers to women's promotion. They decided to avoid setting numerical targets because they encourage positive discrimination, and instead examined recruitment and promotion 16. Refer to Unilever. This is an example of a diversity program because it: is a punitive approach to employee relations a. b. is done voluntarily has been dictated by affirmative action legislation c, a is designed to compensate for past discrimination c. is accurately described by none of these 17. Refer to Unilever. What are the potential benefits of this diversity program? a. the avoidance of expensive lawsuits b. the improvement of marketplace understanding c increased problem-solving abilities the ability to attract and retain a better workforce @ d. all of these 18. Refer to Unilever. A need to be concerned about Costa Rica. diversity was revealed by the retreat irn surface-level affirmative action c. peripheral d. discriminatory e. tangential Refer to Unilever. After studying the problem, the executive committee discovered that the company recruited the same number of men and women, but women were not being promoted to the top management positions. This probably resulted from the existence of a(n): 19. a. executive box b. impervious chain of management c. missing ladder rung d. glass ceiling gender affirmationExplanation / Answer
16. Is designed to compensate for the past discrimination.
17. All of the above
18. Affirmative action,
is the policy of favoring members of a disadvantaged group who suffer or have suffered from discrimination within a culture
19.gender affirmation.