Xerox views achieving diversity in its workforce as a tool to increase its competitive advantage‚ rather than as an obstacle. Xerox is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and applies these principles to its recruitment‚ selection and retention strategies. To promote cultural and racial understanding and to achieve diversity at all levels of the company‚ Xerox has implemented a number of programs: Balanced Workforce Strategy‚ Corporate Champions‚ Caucus Groups‚ Training and Development‚ CEO Roundtables
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ability to adapt to changing cultural diversity and to be able to get along with a wide variety of people. There was a time‚ not long ago‚ where work was a fairly homogeneous place. When you went to work‚ you generally saw only people within your same race‚ culture‚ class‚ sex and even religion. Accounting offices were often staffed with middle-class white guys. Sewing jobs were‚ generally‚ filled by lower class immigrant women. Being able to accept diversity in the workplace wasn’t an overwhelming
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increasingly open about who they are. To that end‚ businesses that embrace diversity have a more solid footing in the marketplace than others. A diverse workforce combines workers from different backgrounds and experiences that together breed a more creative‚ innovative‚ and productive workforce. And businesses have learned that they can draw upon our nation’s diversity to strengthen their bottom line. In this way‚ diversity is a key ingredient to growing a strong and inclusive economy that’s built
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Watson DW-Briefing Paper 10/16/08 Dimensions in Diversity I chose to research this topic particularly to broaden my understanding of sexual orientation in the workplace. The information that I found was very interesting‚ considering attitudes and practices concerning sexual orientation are undergoing dramatic change (Lubensky‚ Hollland‚ Wiethoff‚ Crosby‚ 2004). On a personal level‚ I have not found sexual orientation to hinder my professional development. Apparently for larger
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constructive energy that are required to sustain human societies. These negative processes and forces have perpetuated our alienation from the basic material roots of our existence‚ the natural world of which we are a part. The use of the phrase unity in diversity and similar concepts is not a new phenomenon. Its roots reach back hundreds of years in non-western cultures such as indigenous peoples in North America and Taoist societies in 400-500B.C. In premodern Western culture it has been implicit in the
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Analysis and Discussions Diversity in the workplace is the one of the most important ingredient for an organization to be labeled as the best. A leader is required who will attach the importance of diversity to the backbone of the organization. Thus‚ developing the leadership diversity among all the associates in the the company. A perfect thriving workplace can only be built where ethnocentrism and discrimination does not exist. Prioritizing and labeling your own culture will make the
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The Place for Diversity Analysis The term “Diversity” is a dimension that can be used to differentiate groups and people from one another. (Bacher‚ 200) The word itself has become more frequently used in recent years as the world is beginning to encompass people with many differences. Diversity covers a range of characteristics and deals with how we accept and deal with how we accept or respect those characteristic. (Bucher ‚ 2010) In other words‚ diversity is just not about ethnicity‚ race‚ gender
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The writers contend that diversity in terms of race‚ gender‚ age‚ and economic status have been a factor in these sports. For example‚ the number of minority coaches in the NFL has significantly been low despite the massive involvement of the same minority groups in the game. The
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Proceedings of National Conference on Recent Advances in Electronics and Communication Engineering (RACE-2014)‚ 28-29 March 2014 A Review of Diversity Techniques in Wireless Communication system Satyanand Choudhary1‚ Surbhi Jha2 ‚ Prabhakar Sharma3 1‚2 3 B.Tech Student‚ I.T.S Engineering College‚ Greater Noida Assistant Professor‚ I.T.S Engineering College‚ Greater Noida 1 Satyanand.chaudhary@gmail.com 2 surbhi3jha@gmail.com 3 prabhakar.sh@gmail.com Abstract—It is the technique
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Diversity Reflection Abstract The purpose of this paper is to reflect upon the diverse experiences that I have had in my personal and professional life. Fortunately‚ I have had a large mix of diverse friends and experiences in my life. This paper will discuss those diversities as well as the plan to expand on my current knowledge. Keywords: Diversity‚ culture‚ differences Growing up I always had the opportunity to interact with diverse groups. My father is a retired master sergeant
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