hotel in Florida has instituted a policy to hire individuals living in close proximity to the hotel premises to reduce instances of employees coming in late. As the area surrounding the hotel is predominantly populated with individuals of Hispanic origin, the Caucasian and African-American communities became underrepresented in the hotel's workforce. This is an example of

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21 June, 08:59

hotel in Florida has instituted a policy to hire individuals living in close proximity to the hotel premises to reduce instances of employees coming in late. As the area surrounding the hotel is predominantly populated with individuals of Hispanic origin, the Caucasian and African-American communities became underrepresented in the hotel's workforce. This is an example of

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Abraham Juarez · Answer 1

Disparate impact.

Explanation:

Types of Discrimination:

-DisparateTreatment. Defendant discriminates overtly against all members of protected class.

-Disparate Impact. Defendant's apparently non-discriminatory practices result in disproportionately heavy impact on protected class.

Disparate Impact characteristics:

-Indirect discrimination

-Unequal consequences or results

-Decision rules with racial / sexual consequences

-Unintentional discrimination

-Neutral, color-blind actions

-Same standards, but different consequences for different groups