UNDERSTANDING DIVERSITY Defining DIVERSITY Definitions of diversity range from distributive concerns based on the traditional categories of race‚ ethnicity and gender to the inclusion of a vast array of differences in age‚ sexual orientation‚ disability‚ employment status‚ tenure‚ function‚ educational background‚ lifestyle‚ religion‚ values and beliefs in addition to race‚ ethnicity and gender. In the recent CIPD report‚ Diversity: Stacking up the evidence (Anderson and Metcalf 2003)
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I still do not understand how the human race fell so dark that people believed that slavery was ever a good thing. People use the Bible as a tool to justify slavery‚ and some believe that the wording from God was his validation that he was pleased. Slavery‚ employment at will‚ and affirmative action has always been a debate that linked to race‚ cultures‚ politics‚ social statuses‚ religions‚ and the constitution. We could not have a clear discussion about affirmative action without addressing slavery
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Is Affirmative Action Good or Bad for Society? First used by President Kennedy‚ the term “Affirmative Action”‚ generally refers to policies that an organization or institution enforces to improve opportunities for groups that have been historically excluded from the American society. It was the result of the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement which aimed to end discrimination by ensuring that minority groups have a fair chance at being hired‚ regardgless of race or gender. According to the NCSL “the term
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reasons many people embrace Cultural diversity 1. They value diversity 2. They think cultural imperialism is bad 3. They believe that cultural Relativism will preserve the integrity of diverse cultures from the threat of cultural imperialism. Does cultural Relativism offer a basis for promoting tolerance of cultural differences and opposing cultural imperialism? Every society has to set a rule when it is acceptable to kill some members. 5 claims of cultural relativism 1. Different
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Affirmative Action Recommendation Axia University of Phoenix HRM240 February 22‚ 2009 Abstract Diamond Creative Consulting (DCC) has been employed by Medscape Manufacturing to fine tune hiring practices‚ increase support to the equal employment opportunity act and brings Medscape into compliance with the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program (OFCCP) because of the multi-million dollar contract to supply medical equipment to Veteran’s Hospitals. This
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Cultural Diversity is a noun and according to Dictionary.com the first definition is the cultural variety and cultural differences that exist in the world‚ a society‚ or an institution. The second definition is the inclusion of diverse people in a group or organization. I define cultural diversity as when you have people from different countries who of course have different beliefs‚ speak different languages‚ male and female living and working together peacefully. As social workers we must understand
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Political Science 101 Should Affirmative Action be abolished? Why or why not? To substantiate your position‚ please reference at least three pivotal cases involving Affirmative Action and explain the Supreme Court’s ruling in these cases Affirmative action was first pursued in 1978 by the Supreme Court in order to increase opportunities to minorities that at one point in history had been denied to them. This action was initiated to help promote equal opportunities to all Americans‚ targeted primarily at
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To: Board of Directors From: Human Resources Date: February 20‚ 2011 Subject: Implementing Affirmative Action Policies So it has been brought to my attention to recommend to your company’s Board of directors that we should implement a plan of Affirmative Action Policies and how they are incompliance with the EEO law. What is Affirmative Action‚ it is a policy that goes beyond equal employment opportunity by requiring organizations to comply with the law and correct past discriminatory practices
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individual businessmen should take affirmative action to ensure applicants and employees are treated "without regard to their race‚ creed‚ color‚ or national origin." His executive order implied equal access and nothing else. The system that has evolved since is a perversion of the original intent of affirmative action. The stipulations that make up affirmative action today are too narrow to effectively help in the fight against racism and discrimination. Affirmative action has the capability of causing
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true. A lack of diversity in politics‚ self isolation of ethnic groups‚ and a general intolerance towards diverse groups of people help to form an untrue melting pot. This is a very serious issue in our world today‚ and people need to be aware of what is promoting it. At first glance‚ people might think that America is still a melting pot where all cultures‚ races‚ and ethnicities are accepted‚ but after a closer look‚ this is not always the case. Firstly‚ an obvious lack of diversity is present in
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