Business Law and Ethics

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This paper presents several questions and answers concerning different issues of workplace discrimination. The paper examines when a disabled person can be disqualified from a job and discusses issues of age, religious and sex-based discrimination. It also distinguishes between 'quid pro quo sexual harassment' and 'hostile work environment sexual harassment'.

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"Individuals with disease can be judged for qualifications in the same way as any other individual applying for a job. Communicable or infectious diseases are considered to constitute a disability when the disease is impairing to such a degree that it "limits one or more major life activities" (Human Resources UNC). In these cases, individuals with communicable disease should be treated like any other disability. When judging whether a disabled individual is qualified for a job, it must be determined if they can perform the specific job with reasonable accomodations. If a communicable disease does not result in disability, then the individual should be judged as a nondisabled person. Additionally, law generally "permits an employer to fail to hire, transfer, promote, or to discharge a disabled person if the person has a communicable disease which would disqualify a nondisabled person from similar employment." (Human Resources UNC) "

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