Applicant Tests: Legal and Ethical Considerations
The company you work for is considering changing its
applicant testing process. Your supervisor has asked you to address the
following in a document that will be sent to other managers within the
organization.
Write a short essay discussing some of the legal and ethical
considerations of major types of tests: cognitive abilities, motor and physical
abilities, personality & interests, and achievement tests. Given these
considerations, which testing system do you believe may be the most legitimate?
Remember to compare and contrast the testing methods
specifically to demonstrate how the methodologies you have not selected may
have more negative ethical and legal consequences than the one you have
selected.
In your answer also discuss ways in which advancements in
technology have helped to make the applicant testing and selection process more
efficient and effective.
