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| instructs us as citizens to allow others to have their say and to exercise our own rights to speak up for the good of all |
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| most organizations have written bylaws, policies, and procedures for providing due process to those they serve or hire |
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| prohibits discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin; was amended to prevent the practice of firing pregnant workers |
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| Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
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| established guidelines to follow in cases involving voting rights discrimination; allows a citizen who has reached age 18 or older to register to vote |
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| Voter Registration Act of 1993 |
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| established guidelines to follow in cases involving voting rights discrimination; allows a citizen who has reached age 18 or older to register to vote |
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| created the mandate for equal access to housing regardless of race, color, creed, sex, or national origin |
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| requires equal pay for men and women performing similar work |
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| The Fair Labor Standards act of 1938 |
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| established a minimum wage, equal pay, and recordkeeping requirements |
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| Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 |
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| prohibits job discrimination against Vietnam veterans |
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| Executive Orders 11246 and 11375 |
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| relate to providing equal opportunity in employment |
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| Rehabilitation Act of 1973 |
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| prohibits job discrimination because of disability |
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| Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 |
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| a “free and appropriate public education” must be available to children with disabilities comparable to those without |
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| provides retirement, disability, burial, and survivor benefits to eligible employees and self-employed individuals |
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| Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 |
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| requires that employers furnish employees a safe place to work |
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| The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 |
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| prohibits discrimination against persons 40-70 years of age in any area of employment |
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| National Research Act of 1974 |
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| requires anyone doing research with human subjects to obtain informed consent without undue influence, force, or deceit |
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| Americans with disabilities act of 1990 |
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| prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities |
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| Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 |
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| permits workers to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave of absence each year for family illness, childbirth, or adoption |
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| Government in the Sunshine Act |
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| requires that boards of public decision-making bodies give public notice of the forthcoming meetings and conduct these meetings in public |
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| Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 |
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| became known as the welfare reform act; made changes in the program of federal assistance |
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| the first law prohibiting immigration based on nationality; allowed only Chinese scholars, diplomats, and merchants into the US |
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| The 1965 amendment to the Immigration and Nationality Act |
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| allowed large-scale Asian immigration |
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| vertical relationships - father to son, elder brother to younger brother |
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| Patriarchal lineage and hierarchical relationships |
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| DOMA - what does it stand for? |
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| from the federal government's view, marriage is defined as only occurring between a man and a woman |
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| the physical - biological environment |
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| The richness of a region’s natural resource base affects the level of goods and services the private and government sector can provide |
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| the human-built environment |
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| Output will be meager and life will be barren of opportunity unless there is adequate accumulation of private and public capital for new hands to use in productive work |
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| sociocultural environment |
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| we find what people value, how they operate social systems, and how families learn to use those systems and guide their children to learn to function adequately |
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| The ability to work effectively with culturally diverse clients and communities: because the individual, agency, or system exhibits culturally appropriate attitudes, beliefs, behaviors, and policies. |
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| shared values, beliefs and practices of a particular group of people that are transmitted from one generation to the next and are identified as patterns which guide thinking and action. |
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| affiliation due to shared linguistic, racial or cultural background. |
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| the concept of race used by the US census bureau reflects self-identification by people according to the race or races with which they most closely identify. These categories are sociopolitical constructs. |
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| shared statements which persons in a cultural group hold as true. |
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| prevailing and persistent guides influencing thinking and action of members of a cultural group. |
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exaggerated beliefs and images, popularly depicted by mass media and folklore.
An oversimplified generalization about a particular group, race, or sex, which usually carries derogatory implication. |
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| Any attitude, belief, or feeling that results in, and helps to justify, unfair treatment of an individual because of his or her identity. |
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| An attitude, opinion, or feeling formed without adequate prior knowledge, thought, or reason. Prejudice can be prejudgment for or against any person, group, or sex. |
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| believing that a particular cultural viewpoint is the best. |
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| process of adapting or learning to take on behavior of another group. |
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| feelings of helplessness and discomfort experienced by an outsider attempting to comprehend or effectively adapt to a different cultural group. |
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| understanding the beliefs, values and practices within the context of the culture. |
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| the oral rendering of words and meanings from a source language into a target language. |
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| the written rendering of words and meanings from a source language into a target language. |
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