Workplace Obligations and Civil Liberties Quiz
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What is the traditional obligation of an employer toward its employees?

  • To embrace authoritarianism at the workplace
  • To provide civil liberties in the workplace
  • To pay them for their work (correct)
  • To offer union memberships

    • According to David Ewing, what is the historical source of authoritarianism at the workplace?

  • The rise of professional management and personnel engineering (correct)
  • The Civil Rights Act of 1964
  • The Wagner Act of 1935
  • The common-law doctrine of 'employment at will'

    • Which act prohibited firing workers because of union membership or union activities?

  • The Public Sector Employees Protection Act
  • The Civil Rights Act of 1964
  • The Employment Equality Act
  • The Wagner Act of 1935 (correct)

    • What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and subsequent legislation prohibit in the workplace?

    <p>Discrimination based on race, creed, nationality, sex, or age (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What legal doctrine does some businesspeople support as a desirable policy and embrace as a moral doctrine?

    <p>'Employment at will' doctrine (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the historical source of authoritarianism at the workplace, according to David Ewing?

    <p>The rise of professional management and personnel engineering (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which legislation prohibited firing workers because of union membership or union activities?

    <p>The Wagner Act of 1935 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main focus of today’s workplace philosophy, according to the text?

    <p>Involving social, political, and moral issues (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do some businesspeople support as a desirable legal policy and embrace as a moral doctrine?

    <p>'Employment at will' doctrine (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Wagner Act of 1935 specifically prohibit in the workplace?

    <p>Firing workers because of union membership or union activities (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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