Legal and Ethical Compliance Flashcards
7 cards from real Supervisory Test practice questions. Tap to flip, then mark Knew It or Still Learning — missed cards come back until you master them.
Read the first 7 Legal and Ethical Compliance flashcards as text
A supervisor learns that an employee is being paid less than colleagues in the same role due to their gender. Under the Equal Pay Act, the CORRECT response is to:
Answer: Report the discrepancy to HR and seek to correct the pay inequity
The Equal Pay Act requires that men and women performing substantially equal work receive equal pay; supervisors must escalate identified pay inequities.
An employee in a supervisor's team is arrested but not yet convicted of a crime unrelated to work. The supervisor should:
Answer: Consult HR and legal counsel before taking any employment action
An arrest without conviction does not automatically justify termination; supervisors must consult HR and legal before acting to avoid wrongful termination liability.
Which of the following correctly describes the 'progressive discipline' approach?
Answer: Applying a series of increasingly severe consequences to give employees a chance to correct behavior
Progressive discipline uses escalating consequences — typically verbal warning, written warning, suspension, then termination — to allow employees to correct behavior.
Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which categories are protected from employment discrimination?
Answer: Race, color, religion, sex, and national origin
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin.
A supervisor who retaliates against an employee for filing a discrimination complaint is:
Answer: Violating the law regardless of whether the original complaint was valid
Retaliation against an employee for engaging in protected activity is independently illegal, even if the underlying complaint is later found to be unsubstantiated.
An employee asks their supervisor to keep a performance improvement plan (PIP) private. The supervisor should explain that PIPs are typically shared with:
Answer: HR and, as needed, upper management involved in the process
PIPs are generally shared with HR and relevant management to ensure proper oversight, but are kept confidential outside those with a need to know.
What is the primary purpose of an organization's code of ethics?
Answer: To establish a set of principles guiding employee behavior and decision-making
A code of ethics provides behavioral guidelines rooted in the organization's values, helping employees and supervisors make principled decisions.