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1. Diversity and Inclusion programs can include:

Celebrations based on specific cultural groupingsSpecial hiring bonus based on minority or female statusSpecial benefits based on cultural backgroundExecutive endorsement of hiring preferences

2. Elsie is the plant HR specialist for the Natural Springs Water bottling plant, which is the closest plant to Naples, Florida. Naples just experienced a direct hit from Hurricane Albert. The plant manager has instructed Elsie to round up employees to go with the truck drivers to deliver water to the people of Naples. What should Elsie do in seeking volunteers?

She should ask the plant manager for budget allocation for overtime pay for the volunteers.She should ask employee volunteers to sign a document stating they are volunteering for this relief work knowingly, without pay, and representing the company.She should ask only management employees to go with the drivers so that there is no overtime pay involved.She should pay only the truck drivers and not the employees helping them.

3. Employment risks are the potential for losing things of value. They can include which of the following?

Confidential employee data and complaint investigation recordsJob requisition information and published news articles on the organizationExecutive biographical summaries and SEC required reportsVisitor comment cards and building maintenance records

4. What is a risk register?

A financial account of insurance costsA record of information about identified risksA computer device to monitor IT performanceA record of automotive repairs due to accidents

5. Diversity and Inclusion touch:

Only employers with 50 or more workers on the payrollOnly people of colorAll organizations in the modern workplaceOnly employers settling government complaints

6. Which CSR guideline framework was one of the first initiatives relating to corporate governance?

SIO 26000The Caux principlesUnited Nations Global CompactOECD

7. Elsie is the plant HR specialist for the Natural Springs Water bottling plant, which is the closest plant to Naples, Florida. Naples just experienced a direct hit from Hurricane Albert. The plant manager has instructed Elsie to round up employees to go with the truck drivers to deliver water to the people of Naples. What should Elsie do in seeking volunteers?

She should ask employee volunteers to sign a document stating they are volunteering for this relief work knowingly, without pay, and representing the company.She should pay only the truck drivers and not the employees helping them.She should ask the plant manager for budget allocation for overtime pay for the volunteers.She should ask only management employees to go with the drivers so that there is no overtime pay involved.

8. What are key risk indicators (KRIs)?

Indicators of how much insurance covers the employerIndicators of future adverse impactIndicators of how well something is being doneIndicators of company risks compared to competitor risks

9. What did Perimutter identify?

Unknowns must be revealed before international trade can begin.Certain countries don’t behave fairly in international trade agreements.Classifying alternative management orientations can be classified into four categories.Developing countries are the best type of trade partners.

10. Contingency plans explain:

How to respond to discrimination complaintsHow the organization will continue running in the event of a catastropheHow to bring the organization into governmental complianceHow to handle whistle-blower exposure

11. What should not be in an employee’s personnel file?

Performance improvement program recordsInsupportable opinionsJob descriptionEAP consent form

12. HR’s role in setting up global business presence involves which of the following?

Providing due diligence in issues related to the workforceIssuing newsletter updates about the progress being made in opening distant locations.Providing accounting with the payroll tax withholding rates for the new location(s)Updating the employee handbook for the new location languages

13. When placing an employee on an international assignment, it is important to do what?

Provide ongoing support for the individual and their family in the new locationProvide assistance with language issues before the move takes placeProvide anything needed before the family lands in the new locationProvide publicity in the corporate newsletter showcasing the newly appointed employee and the assignment.

14. The first step toward having an emergency response plan is to:

Write a policy for evacuation in an emergencyAssign development for the emergency plan to an HR personBe sure all emergency exits are properly markedConduct a risk assessment for your work location

15. What should not be in an employee’s personnel file?

Job descriptionEAP consent formPerformance improvement program recordsInsupportable opinions

16. Which social responsibility subject does not belong to the ISO 26000?

The environmentLabor practicesConsumer issuesAnimal rights

17. Diversity and Inclusion touch:

Only people of colorAll organizations in the modern workplaceOnly employers with 50 or more workers on the payrollOnly employers settling government complaints

18. Contingency plans explain:

How to handle whistle-blower exposureHow to bring the organization into governmental complianceHow the organization will continue running in the event of a catastropheHow to respond to discrimination complaints

19. Diversity and Inclusion programs can include:

Special hiring bonus based on minority or female statusSpecial benefits based on cultural backgroundExecutive endorsement of hiring preferencesCelebrations based on specific cultural groupings

20. What does guarded globalization mean?

Developing nations are wary of opening more industries to multinational companies and are zealously protecting local interests.Countries are slow to invest in globalization.Developing nations believe it is unwise to export too much of their national resources.Developed countries choose not to participate with certain developing countries in trade exchanges.

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