Question

Calvert city's police officers must successfully pass a test to be promoted. The test was job related and professionally developed and validated. This year, the city discovered that African American officers taking the test scored significantly lower than white officers. Therefore, the city did not use the test scores for promotions. The city's decision

a. caused no discrimination against the white officers.
b. caused disparate impact discrimination against the white officers.
c. caused disparate treatment discrimination against the white officers.
d. caused both disparate treatment and disparate impact discrimination against the white officers.

Answer 1

The correct answer is letter "C": caused disparate treatment discrimination against the white officers.

Step-by-step explanation:

Disparate treatment is a form of discrimination that takes place in the work-frame. Disparate treatment usually happens when employees are evaluated on specific factors that benefit one group of workers only so that the benefited employees can obtain certain benefits such as promotions. The U.S. Civil Rights Act prohibits this kind of treat.