In reviewing your organization’s most recent affirmative action plan, you notice that there is underutilization of women in a particular work group. Which of the following actions would be most appropriate to take?
Explanation
Answer - D - Reaching out to professional organizations that are likely to include women as members would likely constitute a good faith effort at addressing underutilization by creating a more diverse pool of candidates.
Key Takeaway: Option A is not the best response, since trying to convince women or minorities to change job groups is not an appropriate way to address underutilization. Option B is not the best response, because that approach as described would constitute sex discrimination. Option C is not the best response, since underutilization cannot simply be ignored. Additionally, while it is appropriate to hire qualified candidates, an organization does have the obligation to make good faith efforts to create a pool of qualified candidates that includes women or minorities for those job groups where there is current underutilization.
