Throughout this term we have learned many important things but in my opinion I feel like week two’s lecture is probably the most important one for someone who is looking to working in the HR department as lawsuits can easily ruin a company, not just financially but also their brand. The first and foremost important law is the EEO. EEO stands for Equal Employment Opportunity which basically means that all individuals have an equal opportunity for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin. This law stands whether or not the discrimination toward the perspective employee was intentional or not. The tripartite view of staffing practice is one of the rules that smart HR managers follow. This tripartite view is made up of “laws and regulations”, “professional guidelines”, and “ethical guidelines”. The laws and regulations deal primarily with external forces to create more equitable workplaces through rules and regulations. The professional guidelines are the soft rules that organizations use to create a diverse and equitable workplace. Lastly, our ethical guidelines include four key considerations. The first is to make all hiring decisions with sincerity of the people involved. Second, integrity should guide our decisions. Third, you should treat everyone with dignity and respect as we are all humans and hiring is a human decision. Lastly, we should be agents of good and our staffing practices should do good. There are two types of discrimination. The first is disparate treatment, which is purposely not giving the same opportunities because of someone’s race, color, sex, age, ethnic group, national origin, or religious beliefs. The other type of discrimination is adverse impact. Adverse impact is the unintentional discrimination that occurs when members of a protected group are hired, trained, or promoted, unequally to others. An example of this is there being 25 open positions where 50 male and 50 female