WVU BCOR 380 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS
& VERIFIED COMPLETE ANSWERS
ALL PASSED
Discrimination - Correct Answer ✔✔ Covered by both tort law (business law) and
statute law
Meaning of this is constantly changing
Defined by disparate impact
Disparate Treatment - Correct Answer ✔✔ This is created by *deliberate* acts that deny
protected classes access to the workplace
Disparate Impact - Correct Answer ✔✔ This is created by common business practices
that negatively impact protected classes
Not always done on purpose
1. Inclusion in "protected classes" has expanded to include most Americans
2. The categories for "discrimination victim" expand every year - Correct Answer ✔✔
Why is discrimination an ethical issue when the law covers so much?
Protected Classes - Correct Answer ✔✔ Every American is known as this except non-
disabled, non-gender diverse Caucasian males between the age of 18 and 40
Used to create fairness to all
Assault - Correct Answer ✔✔ Causes someone to be in fear of bodily harm
Physical contact
Violent act
The meaning has changed throughout the years
1. Knowledge
2. Leadership
3. Integrity - Correct Answer ✔✔ The pyramid to success:
Integrity - Correct Answer ✔✔ The willingness to conduct one's self in accord with
principles that promote fairness to all
, Cheating - Correct Answer ✔✔ The giving of less than fairly due while expecting the
same reward as those who gave what was due.
Ethics - Correct Answer ✔✔ Deals with things that are legal but should not be done
the study of Integrity
about how one should balance self interest with the interests of others
Business Ethics - Correct Answer ✔✔ The study of how to properly use one's economic
and professional power with integrity.
Ethical Dilemma Analysis - Correct Answer ✔✔ Friend/coworker giving away free
tanning sessions to their friends and stating it is helping business
Fidelity to friend vs fidelity to company
Do you value the friend/coworker or your employer/job more?
This dilemma is about other people and not "me"
Hierarchy of Principles - Correct Answer ✔✔ The more people your principle covers, the
better the principle (rule of fairness)
Hold-Harmless Agreement - Correct Answer ✔✔ An informed person agrees to this and
shoulders some of the risk that a company has in a dangerous hiring situation (ex: Zika
virus causing birth defects in pregnant women at company plant)
1. The categories for "discrimination victim" expand every year.
2. Inclusion in "protected classes" has expanded to include most Americans
3. The meaning of "disability" expand every year
4. The meaning of BFOQ (Bona Fide Occupational Qualifier) can be subjective and
hard to apply - Correct Answer ✔✔ Why is discrimination an ethical issue when the law
covers so much?
in back left corner - Correct Answer ✔✔ Julias pink cup
in front left corner - Correct Answer ✔✔ James notebook
Instead of matching - Correct Answer ✔✔ Readings will be based on true false
Bona Fide Occupational Qualifier (BFOQ) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Through this, an
employer can argue that a job, to be properly done, must require certain abilities on the
part of the employee; but the burden of proof is on the employer
& VERIFIED COMPLETE ANSWERS
ALL PASSED
Discrimination - Correct Answer ✔✔ Covered by both tort law (business law) and
statute law
Meaning of this is constantly changing
Defined by disparate impact
Disparate Treatment - Correct Answer ✔✔ This is created by *deliberate* acts that deny
protected classes access to the workplace
Disparate Impact - Correct Answer ✔✔ This is created by common business practices
that negatively impact protected classes
Not always done on purpose
1. Inclusion in "protected classes" has expanded to include most Americans
2. The categories for "discrimination victim" expand every year - Correct Answer ✔✔
Why is discrimination an ethical issue when the law covers so much?
Protected Classes - Correct Answer ✔✔ Every American is known as this except non-
disabled, non-gender diverse Caucasian males between the age of 18 and 40
Used to create fairness to all
Assault - Correct Answer ✔✔ Causes someone to be in fear of bodily harm
Physical contact
Violent act
The meaning has changed throughout the years
1. Knowledge
2. Leadership
3. Integrity - Correct Answer ✔✔ The pyramid to success:
Integrity - Correct Answer ✔✔ The willingness to conduct one's self in accord with
principles that promote fairness to all
, Cheating - Correct Answer ✔✔ The giving of less than fairly due while expecting the
same reward as those who gave what was due.
Ethics - Correct Answer ✔✔ Deals with things that are legal but should not be done
the study of Integrity
about how one should balance self interest with the interests of others
Business Ethics - Correct Answer ✔✔ The study of how to properly use one's economic
and professional power with integrity.
Ethical Dilemma Analysis - Correct Answer ✔✔ Friend/coworker giving away free
tanning sessions to their friends and stating it is helping business
Fidelity to friend vs fidelity to company
Do you value the friend/coworker or your employer/job more?
This dilemma is about other people and not "me"
Hierarchy of Principles - Correct Answer ✔✔ The more people your principle covers, the
better the principle (rule of fairness)
Hold-Harmless Agreement - Correct Answer ✔✔ An informed person agrees to this and
shoulders some of the risk that a company has in a dangerous hiring situation (ex: Zika
virus causing birth defects in pregnant women at company plant)
1. The categories for "discrimination victim" expand every year.
2. Inclusion in "protected classes" has expanded to include most Americans
3. The meaning of "disability" expand every year
4. The meaning of BFOQ (Bona Fide Occupational Qualifier) can be subjective and
hard to apply - Correct Answer ✔✔ Why is discrimination an ethical issue when the law
covers so much?
in back left corner - Correct Answer ✔✔ Julias pink cup
in front left corner - Correct Answer ✔✔ James notebook
Instead of matching - Correct Answer ✔✔ Readings will be based on true false
Bona Fide Occupational Qualifier (BFOQ) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Through this, an
employer can argue that a job, to be properly done, must require certain abilities on the
part of the employee; but the burden of proof is on the employer
