Question

BUS-071 - Legal Environment of Business

28. Suppose a company enacts a policy requiring its workers to be at least six feet tall. It does this because it operates a warehouse with high shelves. Suppose that a group of women sue the company because its hiring policy is discriminatory. Though the policy is not discriminatory on its face, these plaintiffs might win if they could show that the policy had a ______________ upon women, since fewer of them will get hired. (How many six foot women do you know? Might this policy also have a disparate impact on certain ethnic groups? Has this company ever heard of ladders? Would you really want to work for a company that was this short-sighted?)

A. disparate impact

B. desperate treatment

C. benefit

D. high heels

Answer 1

Option A. Disparate impact

Explanation: Because of disparate impact, one group is more adversely affected than other groups because of certain characteristics of the group.