CMN 214 Exam 1 With
Complete Solution
Access Discrimination - ANSWER When people are denied employment
opportunities, or "access" to jobs, based on their race, sex, age, or other
factors not related to productivity.
Consumer racial profiling - ANSWER differential treatment of consumers in
the marketplace based on race/ethnicity that constitutes denial of or
degradation in the products and/or services that are offered to the consumer
Discouraged workers - ANSWER people not currently looking for work
because they believe there are no jobs available for them, for various
reasons, including discrimination
Diversity - ANSWER real or perceived differences among people in race,
ethnicity, age, sex, etc, that affect their experiences, outcomes, and
opportunities in organizations and society.
Diversity climate - ANSWER the tone set by the organizations and sensed by
its members with regard to the value and role of diversity, including the
degree to which the organization advocates fair human resource policies and
socially integrates underrepresented employees
Employment Discrimination - ANSWER the valuation in the labor market of
personal characteristics of applicants and workers that are unrelated to
productivity
,Equity - ANSWER the distribution and provision of resources to achieve a fair
or just outcome
Ethnicity - ANSWER a shared national origin or a shared cultural heritage
Gender role socialization - ANSWER the process by which social institutions,
including families, friends, organizations, and the media, form and shape
expectations of acceptable behaviors for men and women
Identity groups - ANSWER the collectivities people use to categorize
themselves and others
Inclusion - ANSWER the degree to which different voices of a diverse
workforce are respected and heard
Intersectionality - ANSWER the connected nature of various social identities,
such as race, gender, and class and potential for overlapping and
interconnected systems of discrimination based on those identities
myth of meritocracy - ANSWER the idea that societal resources are
distributed exclusively or primarily on the basis of individual merit
participation rates - ANSWER the ratio of persons age 16 and over who are
working or looking for work divided by the populations of persons age 16
and over`
productive characteristics - ANSWER such things as performance, education,
skills, and tenure that are generally construed as legitimate reasons for
differentiation among employees
Radicalized sexual harassment - ANSWER the combination of racial and
, sexual harassment, which includes both sexual and racial derogatory
behaviors, comments, and demands directed at a person because of their
race and sex.
social class - ANSWER ones position in the economic system of production,
distribution, and consumption of goods and services in industrial societies,
often measured by education, income, or wealth.
structural or systemic racism - ANSWER the ways in which society foster
racial discrimination through mutually reinforcing systems, including public
policies, institutional practices, cultural representations, and other norms
that work in reinforcing ways to perpetuate group inequity
Treatment discrimination - ANSWER when people are employed but are
treated differently once employed, receiving fewer job-related rewards,
resources, or opportunities than they should receive based on job-related
criteria
Underemployed - ANSWER workers employed at less than their full
employment potential, including those working part-time, temporary, or
intermittent jobs but desiring regular, full-time work; those working for
lower wages than their skills would imply or in positions requiring
considerably lower skills than they possess; and those involuntarily working
outside their fields
Complete Solution
Access Discrimination - ANSWER When people are denied employment
opportunities, or "access" to jobs, based on their race, sex, age, or other
factors not related to productivity.
Consumer racial profiling - ANSWER differential treatment of consumers in
the marketplace based on race/ethnicity that constitutes denial of or
degradation in the products and/or services that are offered to the consumer
Discouraged workers - ANSWER people not currently looking for work
because they believe there are no jobs available for them, for various
reasons, including discrimination
Diversity - ANSWER real or perceived differences among people in race,
ethnicity, age, sex, etc, that affect their experiences, outcomes, and
opportunities in organizations and society.
Diversity climate - ANSWER the tone set by the organizations and sensed by
its members with regard to the value and role of diversity, including the
degree to which the organization advocates fair human resource policies and
socially integrates underrepresented employees
Employment Discrimination - ANSWER the valuation in the labor market of
personal characteristics of applicants and workers that are unrelated to
productivity
,Equity - ANSWER the distribution and provision of resources to achieve a fair
or just outcome
Ethnicity - ANSWER a shared national origin or a shared cultural heritage
Gender role socialization - ANSWER the process by which social institutions,
including families, friends, organizations, and the media, form and shape
expectations of acceptable behaviors for men and women
Identity groups - ANSWER the collectivities people use to categorize
themselves and others
Inclusion - ANSWER the degree to which different voices of a diverse
workforce are respected and heard
Intersectionality - ANSWER the connected nature of various social identities,
such as race, gender, and class and potential for overlapping and
interconnected systems of discrimination based on those identities
myth of meritocracy - ANSWER the idea that societal resources are
distributed exclusively or primarily on the basis of individual merit
participation rates - ANSWER the ratio of persons age 16 and over who are
working or looking for work divided by the populations of persons age 16
and over`
productive characteristics - ANSWER such things as performance, education,
skills, and tenure that are generally construed as legitimate reasons for
differentiation among employees
Radicalized sexual harassment - ANSWER the combination of racial and
, sexual harassment, which includes both sexual and racial derogatory
behaviors, comments, and demands directed at a person because of their
race and sex.
social class - ANSWER ones position in the economic system of production,
distribution, and consumption of goods and services in industrial societies,
often measured by education, income, or wealth.
structural or systemic racism - ANSWER the ways in which society foster
racial discrimination through mutually reinforcing systems, including public
policies, institutional practices, cultural representations, and other norms
that work in reinforcing ways to perpetuate group inequity
Treatment discrimination - ANSWER when people are employed but are
treated differently once employed, receiving fewer job-related rewards,
resources, or opportunities than they should receive based on job-related
criteria
Underemployed - ANSWER workers employed at less than their full
employment potential, including those working part-time, temporary, or
intermittent jobs but desiring regular, full-time work; those working for
lower wages than their skills would imply or in positions requiring
considerably lower skills than they possess; and those involuntarily working
outside their fields
