Stereotypes and Diversity

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This paper explains how stereotyping in a diverse environment does not always translate into a negative business practice if the stereotypes are used to facilitate a better understanding of the other cultures, instead of promoting negative assumptions. The paper further explains that, when managed properly, company attitudes about diversity can promote a better understanding between employees, which will help create a more harmonious working environment.

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"Stereotypes are bad. Diversity is good. Such ideas seem to be truisms in today's American business climate, which is often broadly brushed with the label of being "politically correct" to the detriment of productivity. However, it is easy to speak highly of the value of diversity. It is easy to say the cultural wars of the business world have been won. It is easy to engage in such rhetoric but far more difficult to achieve a truly harmonious and diverse workforce in a functional fashion. After all, stereotypes are one of the ways individuals apprehend the world?making assumptions based on what they have been told about other people and past experiences."

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