Which of the following statements is true regarding the relationship of law

1. Which of the following statements is true regarding the relationship of law and ethics?

a.         The legal requirements will almost always be the same as the ethical requirement because the law is based on the ethical standards.

b.         In some cases ethics will require a higher standard of conduct than the law, but never vice versa.

c.         In some cases the law will require a higher standard of conduct than ethics, but never vice versa.

d.         Depending on the circumstances, the law can require a higher, lower, or the same standard of conduct as ethics demands.

               

                 

               

2. Which of the following is correct with regard to the relationship between law and ethics?

a. The rule of law and the golden rule of ethics demand the same response.

b. The law may not permit something that would be ethically wrong.

c. Lawful conduct is always ethical conduct.

d. Although much of law is based one ethical standards, not all ethical standards have been enacted as law.

3. Which of the following best describes the employment at will doctrine?

a. Employees remain employed only if the employer wants them to be employed.

b. Employees remain employed only if the employee wants to be employed.

            c. Employees remain employed only if both the employer and the employee want the employment relationship to continue.

            d. Whether an employment relationship continues is based on the will of the government.

 

4. Under the employment at will doctrine, an employment relationship can be terminated:

            a. By the employee only.

            b. By the employer only.

            c. Only by mutual agreement of the employer and the employee.

            d. By either the employee or the employer.

            e. Only by court order.

 

5. Which of the following best describes the status of the employment at will doctrine in the United States today?

            a. It applies in most states to most employment relationships, but there are many exceptions that limit its application.

            b. It applies more today than in the last century, and the quantity of corporate layoffs is evidence of this.

            c. It today applies only to the employer, although in the past it applied to both the employee and employer.

            d. It still applies today, but only to employees who are expressly told that they are an at-will employee when they are hired.

            e. It is the underlying basis on which discrimination is prohibited in employment.

 

6. Under what doctrine are both the employer and employee free to terminating employment relationship at any time?

a. The mutual employment doctrine.

b. The free dissociation doctrine.

c. The independent contracting employment doctrine.

d. The employment at will doctrine.

e. The employment freedom of termination doctrine.

 

7. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has the power to do the following except:

a. Pass amendments to the Civil Rights Act of 1964and other antidiscrimination statutes.

b. File suits to enforce antidiscrimination statutes on behalf of complainants.

c. Conduct investigations related to the antidiscrimination laws.

d. Interpret antidiscrimination statutes.

 

TitleVII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

 

8. Which is true about the two kinds of discrimination that are actionable under Title VII?

a. Disparate impact and disparate treatment are both based on how an employer treats a specific individual.

b. Disparate impact and disparate treatment are both based on how an employer treats a protected class.

c. Disparate treatment refers to individuals and disparate impact refers to protected classes.

d. Disparate impact refers to individuals and disparate treatment refers to protected classes.

 

9.         Which of the following is true about the American Federation of Labor?

            a.         It was formed in the early part of the twentieth century.

            b.         When formed, only skilled craft workers were allowed to join.

            c.         All members of other unions are automatically members of it.

            d.         It is not allowed to engage in political lobbying.

 

           

 10.      The two labor organizations that combined in 1955 were:

a. The Teamsters and the United Auto Workers.

b. The United Auto Workers and the American Federation of Labor.

c. The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations.

d. The United Steel Workers and United Auto Workers.

e. The United Steel Workers and the Congress of Industrial Organizations.