An employer is most likely to raise the ________ defense for a mixed-motives disparate treatment claim under Title VII.

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In a "mixed-motives" claim under Title VII,an employer's decision is an amalgam of both prohibited and lawful motives.The employer may limit an employee's recovery in mixed-motives cases by proving that it would have made the same challenged employment decision even in the absence of the unlawful motive (i.e. ,the "same-decision defense").

An Employer Is Most Likely to Raise the ________ Defense