Which of the following illustrates institutional discrimination?
A. A country club has a rule specifying that no Italians or Jews may be members.
B. A mental institution in New York will not allow residents of Connecticut to receive services in the facility.
C. To save money, a city fires all employees hired during the last three years. During the last three years, the city has had an aggressive minority-hiring program, and the majority of those fired are therefore members of various minority groups.
D. A prejudiced personnel officer secretly refuses to hire women.
C. To save money, a city fires all employees hired during the last three years. During the last three years, the city has had an aggressive minority-hiring program, and the majority of those fired are therefore members of various minority groups.
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a. steam power b. oil and electricity c. atomic fission and fusion d. solar power
________ often encourage their clients to accept a guilty plea because of the pressure to help the system run smoothly
a. Prosecuting attorneys b. Judges c. Police officers d. Defense attorneys
Which of the following was a result of introducing computerized systems into the workplace?
A. The number of spatially de-centered production chains decreased. B. Centralized control of widely dispersed activities of research and development decreased. C. Downsizing of white-collar employees increased. D. Percentage of clerical workers and data entry operators increased.
Which of these statements is about the role of technology in social change is false?
a. Not all technology leads to social change. b. Social change does not require new technology in order to occur. c. New technologies rarely lead to social change. d. The impact of new technologies varies from place to place. e. Culture influences how technologies are incorporated into society.