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Carla McFarland was an associate professor of English literature at Highland College. She was the only...

Carla McFarland was an associate professor of English literature at Highland College. She was the only single person in her department. Consequently, she was frequently assigned classes late in the evening, on weekends, and during the summer semester. She was also called upon to pick up visiting professors and serve as their escort and guide during their stays at the college. She received extra duty as adviser to the The Highland Review, the college's literary magazine. When McFarland complained about the unequal treatment, she was told that the married professors had family responsibilities that she did not have, which took up much of their time and prevented them from having the flexibility that she had. Thus, she would continue to carry the extra load. McFarland filed a complaint with the EEOC.

Can discrimination based on an employee's status as a single person be considered unlawful under the Civil Rights Act? Explain. Is this a case of disparate impact or disparate treatment? Explain. Final answer must be 3 sentences minimum.

See Wilson, Robin. Singular Mistreatment: Unmarried Professors Are Outsiders in the Ozzie and Harriet World of Aca- deme." The Chronicle of Higher Education (23 April 2004): A10-A12

In: Operations Management

A researcher is interested in examining how the net wealth of individuals changes over the course of their lifetimes.

A researcher is interested in examining how the net wealth of individuals changes over the course of their lifetimes. She has collected the following data regarding the age X, in years, and net worth Y, measured in thousands of dollars, of 12 individuals in the form of (x, y) pairs: (24, 153), (34, 201), (38, 297), and (83, 139). Calculate the correlation coefficient between the age and net worth of individuals:

A. -0.1

B. -0.361

C. 0

D. 0.206


In: Finance

Given the following information related to net changes in working capital accounts for the Player Company:...

Given the following information related to net changes in working capital accounts for the Player Company:

Increase

Decrease

Cash

$15,000

Trade accounts receivable (net)

    8,400

Inventories

$16,200

Salaries payable (operating)

    6,000

Trade accounts payable

11,000

                                               

Cash Provided by Operating Activities is $100,000. The company also indicated that depreciation expense for the year was $14,200.

Net Income is:

Select one:

a. $73,000

b. $87,200

c. $118,200

d. $103,000

e. $103,200

In: Accounting

Positive account theory changes the ways of thinking in accounting theory, explain the effect of positive...

Positive account theory changes the ways of thinking in accounting theory, explain the effect of positive accounting theory with the main theories that effect in creating the positive theory? What are the main advantages and criticisms of positive accounting theory?

In: Accounting

Problem 1: The following employee changes in BSA Mfg. Inc. for 2019 are as follows: Employees...

Problem 1:

The following employee changes in BSA Mfg. Inc. for 2019 are as follows:

Employees at the beginning of 2019

1,050

Employees recruited (of which 50 of them replaced those leavers discharged by the management of BSA, while the remainder are due to expansion plans to be made by BSA for future years)

150

Employees left during the year (including the abovementioned employees replaced)

250

Employees at the end of 2019

950

Assume that there is no other information as to the changes in employees, determine the labor turnover based on the following methods (round off your answers to two decimal places expressed in percent):

1.    Separation method

2.    Replacement method

3.    Flux method

Problem 2:

BSA Factory provides for an incentive scheme for its factory workers which features a combined minimum guaranteed wage and a piece rate. Each worker is paid P11.25 per piece with a minimum guaranteed wage of P875 per week. Production report for the week show:

Employee

Units Produced

Krista

67

Jose

78

Sophiya

80

Crisia

82

Maye

72

Angelo

75

Determine the amount of the following:

1.    Direct labor

2.    Factory overhead

In: Accounting

Shifters. Suppose the demand function for a good is ???? = 50??−0.75. Explain how demand changes...

Shifters. Suppose the demand function for a good is ???? = 50??−0.75. Explain how demand changes under each of the following scenarios and provide an example of a new demand function that reflects this change: a) A popular celebrity endorses and promotes a product b) The number of consumers in the market falls c) A recession hits and consumer income falls (assuming ???? is an inferior good)

In: Economics

Asthe business cycle evolves, what changes do you see in the economyaround you in...

As the business cycle evolves, what changes do you see in the economy around you in terms of job availability, work conditions, and the way you spend and save your income?


Focusing on the last bit:


What kinds of goods or services do people tend to sacrifice or forego when money is tight? What are some of the first things people splurge on when circumstances improve? What do you continue to demand regardless of your financial circumstances? What does that tell us about our characteristics as US consumers?

In: Economics

If the yield to maturity changes to 12 percent, what should be the percentage price change of the bond?

A bond has a duration of seven years and a yield to maturity of 7.5 percent. If the yield to maturity changes to 12 percent, what should be the percentage price change of the bond?

In: Finance

6. Unanticipated changes in the rate of inflation Initially, Neha earns a salary of $400 per...

6. Unanticipated changes in the rate of inflation

Initially, Neha earns a salary of $400 per year and Lorenzo earns a salary of $200 per year. Neha lends Lorenzo $100 for one year at an annual interest rate of 20% with the expectation that the rate of inflation will be 16% during the one-year life of the loan. At the end of the year, Lorenzo makes good on the loan by paying Neha $120. Consider how the loan repayment affects Neha and Lorenzo under the following scenarios.

Scenario 1: Suppose all prices and salaries rise by 16% (as expected) over the course of the year. In the following table, find Neha's and Lorenzo's new salaries after the 16% increase, and then calculate the $120 payment as a percentage of their new salaries. (Hint: Remember that Neha's salary is her income from work and that it does not include the loan payment from Lorenzo.)

Value of Neha's new salary after one year

The $120 payment as a percentage of Neha's new salary

Value of Lorenzo's new salary after one year

The $120 payment as a percentage of Lorenzo's new salary

                       

Scenario 2: Consider an unanticipated decrease in the rate of inflation. The rise in prices and salaries turns out to be 5% over the course of the year rather than 16%. In the following table, find Neha's and Lorenzo's new salaries after the 5% increase, and then calculate the $120 payment as a percentage of their new salaries.

Value of Neha's new salary after one year

The $120 payment as a percentage of Neha's new salary

Value of Lorenzo's new salary after one year

The $120 payment as a percentage of Lorenzo's new salary

                       

An unanticipated decrease in the rate of inflation benefits   and harms   .

In: Economics

Suppose the government increases government expenditures in the future period, makes no changes to current taxes,...

Suppose the government increases government expenditures in the future period, makes no changes to current taxes, and will not change its future government expenditures. Use the intertemporal government budget constraint and the intertemporal consumer’s budget constraint to describe the impact on consumers’ lifetime income.

In: Economics