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clmills979

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In Harris v. Forklift Systems, a woman sued her employer based on the conduct of her male boss. The Supreme Court described the hostile work environment standard as:
 a. taking an extreme position where the employee must be physically prevented from working for Title VII to apply
  b. taking an extreme position where the offender need only make a causal comment that could possibly be taken as sexual harassment for Title VII to apply
  c. useless in this case
  d. taking a middle path between making actionable any conduct that is merely offensive and requiring the conduct to cause a tangible psychological injury
  e. requiring at least a year of abuse before Title VII applied

Question 2

The Consumer Leasing Act does for consumer leases what the Fair Credit Billing Act does for consumer credit.
 a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false



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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

FALSE



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