Running head: THE POWER OF DIVERSITY Inclusiveness‚ a competitive advantage James O’Neal Cardinal Stritch University Dr. Elvira Craig de Silva ASB 260 May 2‚ 2012 Introduction Becoming a diverse organization makes good business sense for both for profit and not for profit companies. Creating a diverse workforce provides tremendous opportunities for organizations and individuals to tap into the ideas‚ creativity and potential contributions
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In today’s global marketplace‚ organizations are striving to understand the importance of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Diversity in the workplace isn’t new topic and has evolved since the 1800’s. Improvements in diversity date back to the African American Civil Right Movement and the passing of the Civil Right Act of 1866. The Civil Rights Act of 1866 stated that all persons born in the United States would be recognized as citizens. The movement was reignited with the Civil Rights
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Diversity in the Workplace Table of Contents Introduction 1 Importance of Diversity 1-2 Avoiding Discrimination EEO 2-4 Affirmative Action 4 Types of Diversity 4-5 Recruitment‚ Selection‚ Retention 5-6 Managing Diversity 7 Measuring Diversity 7-8 Inclusion 8-9 Conclusion 9 References i Creating and Maintaining Diversity in the Workplace Introduction: Diversity is one of the most important aspects of an organization. According to Webster’s Dictionary‚ diversity
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Diversity “Don’t be scared to being different from others”‚ Shoin Yoshida who was Japanese warrior said. He means that people can proud to have different beliefs and values from others. If people are not allowed to have different beliefs and values‚ it is just losing our individual identities and cultures. Today‚ people in developing nations are allowed to have different beliefs and values‚ for example people are allowed to believe in different religions. Also their countries are safer than other
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Building Inclusive workplaces by harnessing diversity Introduction Why should a successful organisation embrace diversity? Some will say discrimination is wrong‚ illegal and immoral. Others will talk of the social need for inclusion. There is‚ however‚ a larger reason for organisations to embrace diversity. The paradigm through which the organisation sees diversity is crucial and that will shape the organisation’s diversity philosophy. Diversity management brings a variety of gender and ethnic
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Organizations Diversity Initiatives: Starbucks has been able to support diversity within their workforce by improving satisfaction of employees that has resulted in an increase in productivity and retention of employees. Starbucks has also included diversity and inclusion into the core of their leadership competencies. By educating their employees Starbucks seeks out partners who are also known as employees to engage in their diversity community they serve. They have created a working environment
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Diversity Reflection The way‚ in which I define myself‚ is through my hobbies‚ friends‚ personality‚ and attributes. I chose to disclose my past because before I used to be a bad student that would always get into trouble. The main reason why I came to a school so far away from home was so that I could start over and mature before I return home. Based on your personality it determines what type of kid you are‚ and it also helps to determine what type of people your friends are. Since I have
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Discrimination and Diversity Diversity means to understand that each individual is unique and to recognize our individual differences. These can include race‚ ethnicity‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ age‚ physical abilities‚ religious beliefs and political beliefs. Equality means that we are all equal. Everyone has the right to opportunities and people must be treated the same. Inclusion is the action or state of including or of being included within a group or structure. Discrimination can mainly
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(2005). Workplace Diversity: Leveraging the Power of Difference for Competitive Advantage. HRMagazine‚ 50(6)‚1. Retrived from EBSCO host This article is an example of how broad diversity within companies has become in current years. The broad definition of diversity includes an employee’s personality and work style to the visible dimensions‚ to secondary dimensions‚ to work diversities (Lockwood‚ 2005). The concept of workplace diversity is changing from compliance to inclusion (Lockwood‚ 2005)
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Champion Equality‚ Diversity and Inclusion Case Study Outline the knowledge‚ understanding and skills required to enable a whole systems approach to equality‚ diversity and inclusion. Please ensure you include all of the assessment criteria‚ some of which will have already have been covered by the worksheets. Your case study needs to reflect your actual work settings and you will need to upload examples of the systems and process within your workplace to promote equality and diversity. Examples must
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