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Ethics in Assessment.docx Psy655 Ethics in Assessment- Albemarle Paper Company Psych 655 Albemarle Paper Company v. Moody (1976)------An industrial psychologist at a paper mill found that score... s on a general ability test predicted measures of job performance. However, as a group, Whites scored better than Blacks on the test. The U.S. District Court found the use of the test to be sufficiently job related. An appeals court did not. It ruled that discrimination had occurred, however unintended. Introduction In 1966, employees working in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina at Albemarle Paper Company, sued after filing a complaint through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for improper work practices. Both current and past employees of that time claimed that they suffered from being racially discriminated against during the hiring and promoting processes of the company (Albemarle Paper Company v. M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Show More]

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