Define comparable worth and explain one implication of this principle.

What will be an ideal response?


Comparable worth is the principle that people should be paid equally for work in comparable jobs--that is, jobs with equivalent responsibility, educational requirements, level in the organization, and required experience. One implication of enacting comparable worth is a decrease in the wage gap.

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What long-standing consensus about human nature did Locke challenge in his Essay Concerning Human Understanding?

A) People are inherently depraved and sinful. B) Peasants who gain wealth become unruly. C) Women should engage only in household affairs. D) Human nature is shaped by education not birth. E) Progress itself is a general law of nature.

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What were the two most basic characteristics of the Enlightenment?

A) science and religion B) democracy and freedom C) optimism and rationality D) faith and prayer E) science and pessimism

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Atheists have a strong belief in the individual and reject the idea of deities

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Why was Vice President Agnew forced to resign?

A) He was found guilty of tax evasion. B) He was implicated in the Watergate cover-up. C) He lied to Congress about Vietnam. D) He destroyed evidence related to the Pentagon Papers.

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