Question

Nell, a member of a protected class, applies for a job with Origami Paper Corporation, but fails the company’s employment test and is not hired. Nell believes that the test has an unintentionally discriminatory effect. If so, this is
a. a constructive discharge.
b. disparate-impact discrimination.
c. disparate-treatment discrimination.
d. not discrimination.

Answer 1

Answer:

b. disparate- impact discrimination

Explanation:

Disparate impact discrimination is a term used to refer to a situation where a member of a protected class felt harmed in a situation where he or she suffered unintentional discrimination. That is, this member suffered a type of discrimination that seemed harmless or neutral, but which harmed that member or harmed the group to which he belongs.