To select an employee from a group of applicants, employers may not use a selection criteria that results in:

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Employers should not use selection criteria that results in either disparate treatment (intentional discrimination based on a protected characteristic) or disparate impact (neutral policies that have a disproportionately negative effect on a protected group) because both forms of discrimination are illegal. Additionally, employers should not perpetuate past patterns of discrimination by using selection criteria that have been shown to disproportionately exclude certain protected groups based on historical discrimination. Therefore, the best choice is E, which includes all three forms of discrimination that should be avoided.

To Select an Employee from a Group of Applicants, Employers