Answer the following 13 questions and also the 4 questions in the “Ethics in Practice” case “Gentleman’s Club?” on page 17 of the “Ch. 19 textbook PDF” You should recognize that your answers to these discussion questions
should be well reasoned and supported with evidence. Make certain that you use chapter material and
theory as the basis for your answers, NO OUTSIDE MATERIAL AND NO PLAGIARISM as this will be submitted through TurnItin. Writing must be at a collegiate level. Although some answers will be more correct than others, be aware
that simplistic answers to complex questions, problems, or issues such as these will never be “good”
answers.
1. In your own words, describe what privacy means and what privacy protection companies should
give employees.
2. Enumerate the strengths and weaknesses of the polygraph as a management tool for decisionmaking.
What polygraph uses are legitimate? What uses of the polygraph are illegitimate?
3. What are the two major arguments for and against integrity (honesty) testing by employers? Under
what circumstances could management most legitimately argue that integrity testing is necessary?
4. How has technology affected workplace privacy? What are the implications for the social contract
5. How has the World Trade Center tragedy affected workplace privacy? What are the long-term
implications of that?
6. Which two of the four guidelines on the issue of privacy presented in this chapter do you think are
the most important? Why?
7. Identify the privacy, health, and due-process ramifications of violence in the workplace.
8. List the major federal discrimination laws and indicate what they prohibit. Which agency is
primarily responsible for enforcing these laws?
9. Give two different definitions of discrimination, and provide an example of each.
10. How have the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) evolved since its inception?
11. Do you think racism, favoritism, or both cause racial inequality? Explain your answer.
12. Do you agree with the Genetic Nondiscrimination Act? Do companies have a right to know and use
genetic information about employees? Why or why not?
13. Has the concept of diversity supplanted the concept of affirmative action in leading companies
today? Why or why not?
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