Read the following case study and answer the questions at the end: To remain competitive, Memorial Hospital has decided it needs to cut its budget by downsizing semiskilled workers, such as orderlies,...

Read the following case study and answer the questions at the end: To remain competitive, Memorial Hospital has decided it needs to cut its budget by downsizing semiskilled workers, such as orderlies, custodians, cafeteria personnel, stockroom clerks, file room clerks, and so on. The hospital would like to help these workers qualify for higher-level jobs so that they can remain with the organization. From the attrition rate, the hospital administrators know they will need workers with advanced technical skills and will have to recruit from the outside to fill these positions if they have no one qualified internally. The personnel department has decided to give all the targeted workers who will lose their positions the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT-III) and the Wonderlic Personnel Test-Revised (WPT-R) and select those with the highest scores to be retrained. Of the workers, 80% are women and minority group members.

a. What are the ethical and legal issues related to this case?

b. If you were a consultant hired by the hospital to help identify workers to be retrained and conduct outplacement counseling for those who are to be let go, what would you advise Memorial to do?