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Q1:

Provide a brief overview of the company.

What are its internal strengths and weaknesses. What are its external opportunities, and threats?

Q2:What are examples of traditional and nontraditional rewards that L.L. Bean used to meet organizational objectives? How does the company use its products to enhance total compensation?

Q3:How did the company align its compensation with its corporate values?

Q4:

If you were L.L.Bean,would you suggest having a financial compensation strategy that pays generally above-market,at market, or below market? Explain why. What do you base your decision on?

Q5:

What is the difference between disparateimpactand disparatetreatmentas bases for charges of discrimination?

Q6:Suppose your organization has been found to have hired a disproportionately small number of women. What can your organization do to defend itself against a charge of discrimination?

Q7:How can an HR department design its selection and/or performance management systems to reduce the likelihood of adverse impact or disparate treatment discrimination occurring in its organization?

Q8:

You are an HR manager for a medium-sized financial services institution. You overhear an employee,Pat,tell a coworker,Chris, that a third employee, Jamie, told Pat about being the recipient of harassing behavior from Chris.

How would you handle this situation?

Based on how sexual harassment is defined, what would you look for to determine if sexual harassment is occurring?

What are two things the company can do to decrease the likelihood of sexual harassment in the future?