Which of the following is true regarding Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act in the workplace?

a. The plaintiff employee must always prove a malicious, wrongful intent to discriminate on the part of the defendant employer against the employee to prevail in a Title VII civil rights lawsuit.

b. Only "big" employers with 2000 or more employees are covered by the federal Title VII Civil Rights Act due to the voluminous record-keeping requirements.

c. The employer must make an accommodation to an employee's religious beliefs, observances, and practices regardless of the expense, cost, or burden since freedom of religion is a very important civil right in the United States.

d. As a general rule, an employer can discriminate on the basis of appearance by selecting only "good-looking" and attractive male and female applicants for its sales force.