WGU C202 PRE-ASSESSMENT: MANAGING HUMAN CAPITAL (UXC2) PUXC

1. Which situation is an example of a managerial ethical dilemma? YOUR ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER Exchanging birthday cards with a longtime employee Seeing an employee outside of work hours behaving rudely to a clerk in a store Reading an article in the newspaper about a crime committed by the relative of an employee Being asked to directly supervise a family member 2. A human resource manual specifies that employees cannot be terminated or punished for refusing to follow an illegal request madeby a supervisor. Which standard is being applied to resolve this ethical dilemma? YOUR ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER Virtue standard Rights standard Utilitarian standard Common good standard 3. 1/22/2021 2/28 What is the goal of affirmative action? YOUR ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER To bar employment decisions based on ability and qualikcations To rely on legal remedies such as lawsuits and injunctions for success To seek to remedy past practices that innately caused an adverse effect on applicants To focus on changing institutional demographics in an organization from the topdown 4. A female employer is accused of having an employment practice that negatively impacts women. The employer responds that she has the same requirements for male and female applicants and wants to hire other women. Why is this case a potential demonstration of adverse impact? YOUR ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER Adverse impact is based on intentional sex discrimination. Adverse impact must be the result of unequal promotion rather than unequal hiring. Adverse impact is unintentional and relates to policies applied to all employees. Adverse impact must be proven by examination of a society’s history of discrimination, not an individual’s history. 5. Which protected classes must a company set hiring goals for under Executive Order 11246? YOUR ANSWER CORRECT ANSWER