Students will complete the discussion in 12-point, Times New Roman font using APA format. There must be a minimum of two sources to support primary responses. Students are required to post their primary response (250 word minimum) by Sunday midnight. Students will upload a response post (secondary response to one other student) also by Sunday at midnight (150 words minimum). You must have a minimum of two references to support your answer and two in-text citations of those references. (You do not need citations and references for secondary posts).
*Note that attendance is counted through the discussion forum.
Discussion questions are worth 50 points, 30 for your initial post (answering the question) and 20 for your secondary post (replying to a classmate). You are only required to submit one secondary response. Submitting more than one secondary response will not raise your score but could lower it.
Grading for Discussions:
All discussions must be completed on time and must include in-text citations and references in APA style formatting. If you do not use in-text citations or they are not in APA format you will lose 3 points. If you do not have references or if they are not in APA format, you will lose 5 points. (You do not need citations and references for secondary posts).
- You will lose 10% based on word count if your posts are too short. For example, your initial post is 200 words, if you have 150 words you will lose 5 points…50 words short times 10% (50 x .10 = 5).
- If any part of your post is copied and pasted (ANY POST), you will receive a “0”. I will not ask you about it, and you will not have a chance to resubmit the
- If your post is late, you will lose points depending on how late the post is. If you post one week late or later, you will not receive any points. No points will be given for any assignment posted after the class.
Coping and pasting an article or copying the information and changing a word or two is not a significant post. If you do this, you will receive a 0 for the assignment—no questions asked.
- Articles need to be within the past 5 years.
- Provide appropriate APA in-text citations and
- You must participate in all discussion.
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Module 8 Discussion: Compensation and Benefits
Pay equity issues run rampant in the United States. Women, on average, only earn a portion of what a man does, and a minority woman could earn even less yet. Organizations need only look in their own backyards to see the pay gap rearing its ugly head—almost every organization has one.
Discussion Prompt
You’re an HR professional at an organization that thinks it’s paying its women fairly. Still, you want to make sure. Bias and pay discrepancies come in all shapes and sizes, and symptoms of the pay gap could be lurking in the shadows. So, you start doing some research.
Where do you look? What are your plans? Online searches can provide you with a variety of places to look and steps to take to uncover pay gaps at your organization. List two or three different steps that you, as an HR professional, would take to ensure that the company is doing everything it can to ensure pay equity. Provide a quick explanation of each of those plans, if necessary, and share your sources. Once you’ve put together your list and explanation, review the lists of one other classmate, and provide them with suggestions.