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Affirmative Action
Equal Opportunity Employment
Title IX
Americans with Disability Act Amendments Act (ADAAA)
Miscellaneous
100
Fact or Myth : Affirmative Action is seen as a legal way to address the systemic discrimination of people of color and women in the United States for hundreds of years.
Fact
100
What office do you contact if you feel as if you have been discriminated against?
The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Access
100
True or False: Stalking cases involve men stalking women, but not the other way around.
False. Most stalking cases do involve men stalking women, but women do stalk men, men do stalk men, and women do stalk women.
100
True or False, The University will explore providing a reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities, unless providing would pose an undue hardship.
True
100
In 2016, what was the percentage of Asian Faculty at the University of Illinois?
15.90%
200
Fact or Myth: Affirmative action require quotas
Myth, using quotas for employment decisions are illegal. Rather, an Affirmative Action Plan contains placement goals to assist the employer in addressing any existing under utilization of women and minorities in its workforce.
200
An employer may set higher standards of behavior for its employees than the law requires.
True: Federal and state employment discrimination laws set minimum standards. Your employer has the right to set higher standards of behavior, and to prohibit offensive or inappropriate conduct regardless of whether or not it amounts to illegal discrimination.
200
Give three examples of stalking.
Making unwanted phone calls • Sending unsolicited or unwanted letters, text messages, or e-mails • Following or spying on the victim • Showing up at places without a legitimate reason • Waiting at places for the victim • Leaving unwanted items, presents, or flowers • Posting information or spreading rumors about the victim on the Internet, in a public place, or by word of mouth
200
True or False, An employee that needs a reasonable accommodation does not need to perform the essential functions of their job.
False
200
True or false: Your employer can't stop you from stating your religious beliefs in the workplace.
False, Your employer has a duty to provide a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment on the basis of religion. Depending on the content, circumstances, and frequency of your religious statements, they could be creating a hostile work environment.
300
Fact of Myth : Affirmative action has not succeeded in increasing female and minority representation
Myth, Several studies have documented important gains in racial and gender equality as a direct result of affirmative action U.S. Labor Department, affirmative action has helped 5 million minority members and 6 million White and minority women move up in the workforce
300
True or false: A victim of harassing or discriminatory behavior tells a supervisor about the behavior, but then asks that no one else be told. To respect the employee's wishes, the supervisor should not take further action.
False, Even if a person who reports harassing or discriminatory behavior asks that no action be taken, an organization that does nothing in response can later be liable if the behavior creates a hostile work environment. The organization, through the supervisor, has been made aware of the situation and must now investigate and take any necessary corrective action.
300
Who is the Title IX Coordinator and what office does she reside in.
Danielle Morrison from the Title IX Office.
300
True or False - The University doesn't need to provide an accommodation if the cost of the accommodation is over $1,000.
False, Unless the University can show an undue hardship that $1,000 would be too costly based upon the overall size of the operation of the business. This would not be the case for the University of Illinois.
300
True of False, The percentage of undergraduate African American Students on the University of Illinois campus is the same percentage of African American faculty on campus.
False, the percentage of African American Faculty is at 4.25% and the percentage of African American Undergraduate population is at 5.86%.
400
Affirmative action levels the playing field for females, minorities, veterans and who else?
Individuals with Disabilities
400
There are three types of discrimination: Disparate Impact, Disparate Treatment, and ____________.
Harassment
400
True or false: Students who believe they have been subjected to violations of Title IX are encouraged to report these incidents so that the Institution can provide needed support and take steps to protect the community.
TRUE!!
400
True or False, If you are a supervisor and you have an employee that has a reasonable accommodation, you should share the specifics of the accommodation with other employees so that they are aware.
False
400
True or False, Even in the 10 top paying jobs for women, females earn less than men; only one career— speech pathology—pays the same regardless of gender.
Fact
500
Employers may engage in this voluntarily or are required to do so if they do business with the Federal government.
Affirmative Action
500
True or false: If you report discriminatory or inappropriate conduct, it will become public knowledge.
False, It's true that your employer can't guarantee that no one will know about a report. But your employer will treat the report as confidential to the greatest extent possible. Information about your report will be disclosed only on a need-to-know basis, and everyone involved in the investigation will be instructed not to discuss the matter with anyone other than those involved in the investigation.
500
Janine was furious after learning that her boyfriend James had cheated on her. She decided to post James’ phone number and address next to the caption “find a cheater here” on her facebook, tumblr, and other social media. She also sent James threatening emails, and spam containing viruses. Is this considered stalking? Why or why not?
Yes, Janine is posting personal information in a public place, which is considered cyberstalking- a form of stalking which involves the use of electronics to harass or frighten someone.
500
What is an example of a reasonable accommodation?
Standing desk, providing an interpreter, reassignment to vacant position, altering training materials, modifying a work schedule, creating a ramp for wheel chair accessibility, parking spot, etc.
500
Yes, No, Maybe - You can hire an academic professional without conducting a search?
Maybe