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Company policy: An employee of our company must be impartial, particularly when dealing with family members. ████ ██████████ ███████ ██ ███ ███████ ██ ███ ████ █████████ ██████ ███ ██████ █████████ ███ ███ ███████ ██ ███████ ███ ████████ ████████ ██████████
Summary
Employees must be unbiased in all aspects of their job, especially when dealing with family.
Notable Valid Inferences
Employees must not be biased when performing their jobs. This means not offering family members special treatment (whether preferential or unfavorable) simply due to their familial relationship.
5.
Which one of the following ████████ █████████ ████ ███████ ████████ ███ ███████ ██████ █████ ██████
a
refusing to hire ███ ██ █████ ████ █████████ ████ ██████ ████ ███ ████ ████ █████████ ████ ███ █████ █████████
This violates the company’s policies. Employees cannot be biased when performing their duties. This includes overlooking the best candidate for a role simply because they are family.
b
receiving over a ███████ ██████████ █████ ███ ███████ █████ ██████ ████████ ███ ███████ █ █████████████ ███████ ██ ███ █████ ███ █████████ █████████ █████ ██████
This does not violate the policy, which implies all complainants should be treated equally—including an employee’s mother.
c
never firing a ██████ ███████ ████ ██████ █████ ██ █████ ████████ ████ █████ █████ ███████████ ███ █████████
This does not violate the policy. There is no information to suggest there is reason for the family members to be fired in the first place.
d
repeatedly refusing to ███████ ██ █████████ ████████ ████ ██ ███ █████████ ███████ ████ ███ ████ ███ ████ ███ ████ ███████ ████ ██████ ██ ████ █████████ ████ ████████ ███ ████ ███ █████
This does not violate the policy, as there is no information to suggest this action is the result of bias. The company may require that performance from 2+ years ago be considered when deciding promotions.
e
promoting a family ██████ ████ ███████ ████████ ██ ███ ███████
This does not violate the policy, as there is no information to suggest this action is the result of bias. It may be that the family member is the most qualified employee for the promotion.