Test Bank For Managing Diversity Toward A Globally Inclusive Workplace 4th Edition by Barak

Test Bank For Managing Diversity Toward A Globally Inclusive Workplace 4th Edition by Barak

Multiple Choice

1. A growing number of countries have instituted legislation in the 21st century affecting the workplace. What protections are they trying to provide their citizens?

a. protections against long work hours

b. protections against discrimination and harassment

c. protections against unfair supervisory practices

d. protections against unionization

Ans: B

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Diversity Legislation in a Global Perspective
Difficulty Level: Easy

AACSB Standard: Managing in a global context

2. What is the underlying premise of The United Nations’ 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

a. Wider protection of the rights of individuals of diverse backgrounds transcends national context

b. Nations should limit their protections to those appropriate to their dominant culture

c. Discrepancies between laws and common practices need to be documented and rationalized

d. Religious rights and freedoms are the only fundamental rights that should be protected

Ans: A

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Diversity Legislation in a Global Perspective
Difficulty Level: Easy

AACSB Standard: Managing in a global context

3. Why is it important that managers understand the social policy practices of countries in which they are doing business.

a. To assure adherence to employment laws and regulations

b. To understand the business context they operate within

c. To understand the underlying value system in the country

d. To assure adherence to local customs and practices

Ans: A

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Diversity Legislation in a Global Perspective
Difficulty Level: Medium

AACSB Standard: Managing in a global context

4. To practice in today’s global economy, managers need a framework to understand:

a. Gender preferences

b. Legislative and business-related social policies

c. Economic theory

d. International Bill of Human Rights

Ans: B

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Diversity Legislation in a Global Perspective
Difficulty Level: Medium

AACSB Standard: Managing in a global context

5. Where can one find an authoritative representative body that can speak to the value system of the majority of people on earth?

a. The United Nations

b. International Association for Human Rights

c. World Health Organization

d. International Labour Organization

Ans: A

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The International Bill of Human Rights and Employment Rights
Difficulty Level: Easy

AACSB Standard: Managing in a global context

6. What human rights are addressed within the International Bill of Human Rights

a. Economic, social and cultural rights

b. Economic, legal, and national

c. Social, religious and moral

d. Religious, social and ethical

Ans: A

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The International Bill of Human Rights and Employment Rights
Difficulty Level: Easy

AACSB Standard: Managing in a global context

7. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights consists of a preamble and how many articles?

a. 20

b. 30

c. 15

d. 25

Ans: B

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The International Bill of Human Rights and Employment Rights
Difficulty Level: Easy

AACSB Standard: Managing in a global context

8. According to Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, human beings are entitled to certain rights and freedoms that other creatures do not enjoy. What is the basis for this distinction?

a. Human beings are rational and moral

b. Human beings have superior intellect

c. Non human beings have no need for societal rules

d. Non human beings automatically follow the laws of nature

Ans: A

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The International Bill of Human Rights and Employment Rights
Difficulty Level: Easy

AACSB Standard: Managing in a global context

9. In what year did the United Nation’s General Assembly adopt the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

a. 1945

b. 1940

c. 1948

d. 1950

Ans: C

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The International Bill of Human Rights and Employment Rights
Difficulty Level: Easy

AACSB Standard: Managing in a global context

10. Legislation and social policy stem from a value system that is shared by a people and thus represent their collective wish to enforce these values. This is especially true in what type of country?

a. Undeveloped

b. Developing

c. Conservative

d. Democratic

Ans: D

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The International Bill of Human Rights and Employment Rights
Difficulty Level: Medium

AACSB Standard: Contexts of organizations in a global society