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Post a substantive response; respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
1. What are some of the implications and ethical issues related to the use of personality assessment in pre-employment evaluations?
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The implications for many people is that the workplace administering the assessment can have a major impact on an individual's life, where they can potentially start a jumpstart career on to bigger things, or remain in that organization for life. This influences a person's livelihood, not only for themselves, but also for a family they may have or plan to have later on.
Thus, a personality assessment can be a contributing factor in a person's life because it will become their profession, even if just in the short-term. Also, for an organization to administer an assessment as part of their employment process is an equally important financial and business investment for them.
Although many companies use personality assessments in pre-employment evaluations, one of the most important ethical issues involves the fact that there are those applicants who may have taken the assessment at hand and know how to answer the questions. One of our text states that, "Most personality inventories are self-report, meaning that the test taker supplies information about him- or herself" (Drummond, Sheperis & Jones, 2016, p. 273). This means that that the best candidate may not have been chosen as the questions may not have been answered honestly, but rather how to know what answers to give on particular questions in order to be hired. There may be a false self-report and only responses that the organizations wants to hear. This can occur when a relative or friend in the organization tells the applicant how to respond on the assessment in order to be hired.
This presents an ethical problem as the best candidate may not be hired for the job being posted, and if a team player is needed for their experience and skill, and an individual who does not work well with others is hired, it can disrupt an organization's operation. The other problem is that there may be candidates who may not be as familiar with a specific assessment because of their educational background, yet would fit greatly into the organization but are passed over because they cannot score well on the assessment.
Drummond, R.J. Sheperis, C. & Jones, K. D. (2016). Assessment procedures for counselors and
helping professionals (8th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Pearson
