Read the Focus on Ethics: Diversity Efforts in Chapter 6 of Industrial/Organizational Psychology.
Then, write a 2-4-page paper and select one of the two assignment options to accompany your paper:
Develop a 5-7 slide PowerPoint presentation that corresponds to your paper
10-15 minute audio or video presentation that corresponds to your paper, edit if needed.
Answer the following questions:
To increase diversity, it is often legal to consider race or gender as a factor in selecting employees. Although legal, is it ethical that race or gender be a factor in making an employment decision, or how much of a role should it play?
Is it ethical to hire a person with a lower test score because he or she seems to be a better personality fit for an organization?
If an I/O psychologist is employed by a company that appears to be discriminating against Hispanics, is it ethical for her to stay with the company? What ethical obligations does she have?