Unit 3 Vocabulary

A classification that labels people by their sex: either male or female.

• Gender

• Equity

• Sterotyping

• Harassment

Fairness

• Equity

• Downsizing

• Layoff

• relocation

A way of thinking that limits people to certain jobs or activities based on gender, age, race, and other biases

• Stereotyping

• Discrimination

• Gender

• Downsizing

When you are not the same gender as the large majority of people who are working in the field. This is the case for women in construction trades or for men in nursing

• Non-Traditional Work Role

• Economic recession

• Harassment

• Resource Depletion

Unfair treatment of a person or group based on prejudice about race, ethnicity, age, religion, or gender.

• Relocation

• Downsizing

• Harassment

• Discrimination

Any unwanted or uninvited physical contact, comment, or behavior that is related to gender, ethnicity, disability, etc.

• Relocation

• Gender

• Harassment

• Equity

Reducing the number of employees in an organization, usually in order to reduce expenses

• Stereotyping

• Downsizing

• Gender

• Resource depletion

Moving to a new geographic location, often for a work-related reason

• Discrimination

• Layoff

• Relocation

• Economic Recession

A period of reduced business and economic activity.

• Discrimination

• Relocation

• Economic recession

• Layoff

The using up or running out of a natural resource such as fish, forests, or mineral deposits.

• Discrimination

• Resource depletion

• Economic Recession

• Harassment