1. Courts have almost always allowed companies to make employment decisions based on economics. For instance, even companies making money can lay off employees if it can be proven that the primary reason for so doing was economic (and as long as there is no clear violation of Title VII). Given the emerging national health care plan, to what degree can employers consider an individual's workers compensation, health, disability, or attendance history when making an employment decision?

2. Consider various kinds of training and development formats, such as classroom, WebEx, off-site conferences, and even wilderness team-building trips. Which do you think would be the most effective for maintaining the skills of IT engineers?Which do you think would be the least effective?Explain your rationale.

3. Imagine that your organization, a publishing company, has decided to hire an external vendor to provide diversity training.Describe a plan for evaluating the effectiveness of the diversity plan offered by the vendor (you will evaluate the effectiveness of the plan after it has been piloted on a small group).What measures will you use, and how will you design the evaluation study?

4. What are the benefits of drug testing to employers and employees?What are the costs? Under what conditions would the benefits outweigh the costs?

You should specifically address issues such as union contracts and the ADAA in your answer.