Workplace Diversity

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This paper looks at whether the call for diversity in the workplace is based upon qualification, ability, and intellectual contribution, or whether there is a distinct correlation with the color of a person's skin or their ethnicity. It looks at how America's laws are based on the belief that every human being is of equal worth, entitled to the same privileges and opportunities, without regard to race, gender, disability, or age and how, in reality, this idea is not respected by all in America's job market. It examines the creation of laws, such as Executive Order 11246, to ensure that anyone and everyone with the qualification, abilities, and intellectual capacity of performing a certain job will not be impaired from such an opportunity because of another's bias or prejudice and how such laws have created what we know now in the business world as "workplace diversity".

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"Workplace diversity is a concept that continues to evolve as more industries move toward a global marketplace. Today, in order to be successful, organizations must bring together different people, requiring them to work in new and different ways. So why bother with diversity, because of the following reasons. With a variety of employees who appreciate and value different ways of working, a diverse organization will respond more rapidly and more effectively than an organization that has rigid ways of working. Changes in demographics are beginning to affect all aspects of business life. The pool of talent available in the labor market is now broader and more mixed than ever."

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