Evaluate the specific forms of workplace discrimination prohibited under current statutory and case law

Construct and discuss preemptive management strategies that respond to the legal constraints of the current workplace environment

Deliverable Length:  3-4 body pages

The company you work for is considering changing its applicant testing process. Your supervisor has asked you to research testing methods and make your recommendation. This proposal will be submitted to the vice president for review and consideration.

For the purpose of this assignment, it helps to have a specific type of organization in mind. Provide an opening paragraph stating the nature of the company you are choosing for this assignment (e.g., retail organization, factory, school, police department, etc). You may be creative in what type of organization you choose.

Select (at minimum) 3 major types of tests (examples include cognitive abilities, motor and physical abilities, personality and interests, achievement tests, work sampling, etc.).

  • Discuss the legal and ethical implications you see with each test.
  • What specific employment laws will be a factor?
  • What adverse impact (if any) may be created in using each test, and how could that be minimized?

Based on the results of that compare/contrast, which testing method do you believe may be the most appropriate for your organization and why?

  • Remember to compare and contrast testing methods specifically to demonstrate how the methodologies you have not selected may have more negative ethical and legal consequences than the one you have selected.

Within the proposal, you should also discuss ways in which advancements in technology have helped to make the applicant testing and selection process more efficient and effective.

Individual Project Rubric:

Grading Criteria Percentage
Deliverable requirements addressed; understanding of material and writer’s message and intent are clear 35%
Scholarly research which supports writer’s position properly acknowledged and cited direct quotations may not exceed 10% of the word count of the body of the assignment deliverable (excluded title page, abstract or table of contents if used, tables, exhibits, appendices, and reference page(s). Inclusion of plagiarized content will not be tolerated and may result in adverse academic consequences. 20%
Critical thinking: position is well justified; logical flow; examples  20%
Structure: includes introduction and conclusion; proper paragraph format and reads as a polished, academic paper or professional presentation, as appropriate for the required assignment deliverable 10%
Mechanical – no spelling, grammatical or punctuation errors 10%
APA – deliverable is cited properly according to the APA Publication Manual (6th Ed.)   5%