QUESTION 8. White Swan Motors’ practice of hiring only applicants recommended by

Question

QUESTION 8. White Swan Motors’ practice of hiring only applicants recommended by its employees has been found to have an adverse impact on nonwhite applicants. White Swan plans to implement a voluntary affirmative action plan. Which of the following would be an effective practice under the voluntary affirmative action plan? A) Removing qualified whites from their jobs and giving these jobs to minorities regardless of their qualifications B) Hiring an employee simply because he or she belongs to a protected class C) Eliminating unvalidated recruitment practices and selection criteria D) Fixing permanent racial quotas to reduce racial imbalance

Explanation / Answer

Answer – C - Eliminating invalidated recruitment practices and selection criteria

Reason for the creation of imbalance was the unfair practice which was implemented had the same being reviewed before implementation the issue would have never come up. Hiring people only basis recommendation of existing employees created the racial imbalance, it is obvious that opportunity given to a particular group to recommend employee will always attract similar group and the other will be ignored, since the idea was not reviewed before implementation the same was executed and realized later.

Related Questions

Navigate

• Browse (All)
• Browse Q
• Subjects

Integrity-first tutoring: explanations and feedback only — we do not complete graded work. Learn more.