OrganizationalBehavior,18e(Robbins)

Chapter2DiversityinOrganizations

1)KimberlyOrtizstronglybelievesinworkingforacompanythatpromotesdiversity.Shebelievesthatsuchorganizationsarerespectfulofdifferencesandallowemployeesmoreexposure.Sherecentlyattendedaninterviewwhereshewastoldthatthecompanyfollowspoliciesthatfocusonorganizationaldiversity.However,whenshefinallyjoinedthecompany,shehadastrongfeelingthatthecompanysclaimwasnottrue.Whichofthefollowing,iftrue,weakensKimberlysbeliefthatthecompanydoesnotencouragediversity?

A)Eighty-fivepercentofthetopmanagementpositionsinthecompanyareheldbymen.

B)SheistheonlyAfrican-Americanmemberintheentireworkforce.

C)Theworkforceisnotdominatedbyanyspecificethnicorracialgroup.

D)Thepreviouscompanysheworkedformadeaconsciousefforttoemployanequalnumberofmenandwomen.

E)Herteammembersbelievethattheyaretreatedequallyinspiteofdifferencesinperformance.

Answer:C

Explanation:Thefactthattheworkforceisnotdominatedbyanyoneethnicorracialgroupindicatesthattheworkplacehasamixofallethnicitiesandracesanddoesnotdiscriminate.Thefactthat85percentofthetopmanagementpositionsofthecompanyareheldbymenworksagainsttheargumentbecauseitshowsthatthecompanyisbiasedtowardmen.Inaddition,ifKimberlyistheonlyAfrican-Americanmemberintheentireworkforce,itshowsthatthecompanyisbiasedtowardotherracialgroups.Kimberlyspreviouslyworkingforacompanythatbelievesingenderequalityisirrelevanttothisargument.Herteammembersbeingtreatedequallyinspiteofdifferencesinperformancerepresentsunfairdiscrimination.Itworksagainsttheargument.

LO:2.1:Describethetwomajorformsofworkplacediversity.

AACSB:Reflectivethinking

Difficulty:Hard

Quest.Category:CriticalThinking

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