There are a number of legal processes, acts, and landmark cases that affect industrial/organizational psychology. One of those affected the issue of workplace testing designed to assess general abilities for hiring and promotion decisions. Which of the following resulted in new requirements for testing design?
A)Uniform guidelines on employee selection
B)Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
C)Hayowrth vs. the State of California
D)Griggs vs. Duke Power Company

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The landmark case Griggs vs. Duke Power Company resulted in a court ruling that tests measuring broad abilities, in which minority individuals passed at lower rates than non-minorities were unfair. A new requirement to use tests measuring applicable skills for a particular job was established.

There Are a Number of Legal Processes, Acts, and Landmark