Abstract
This paper states that the still very popular television series "Friends" is geared mainly toward a white audience, which is not representative of today's American landscape, and yet very much represents the marginal way diversity is presented in most television series. The author points out that the all-white "Friends" is being replaced by new sitcoms, such as "Scrubs", with more diverse casts although the main characters are still mainly white. The paper relates that even shows such as "George Lopez", based solely on a Hispanic family living in Los Angeles, fail to present cultural diversity.

From the Paper
"I feel the media relies too heavily on the stereotypical normalcies when showing certain minority groups on television. Most television, as well as motion pictures, portrays the white guy as the "good guy" and most other races as the "bad guy." If they are not the "bad guys," they are usually portrayed as the goofy sidekicks. Most programs, "Friends" is no exception, only use minorities in roles that will portray them a certain way. These may include the Asian dry cleaner owner, the Arab taxicab driver, the African-American gangster, ..."

Tags:stereotype, minorities, scrubs, cosby, multi-culturalism

Abstract
This paper explores the impact that cultural diversity is having on large businesses. It contends that the success of large firms depends upon their acknowledgment of cultural diversity within their employee and consumer base. It also asserts that companies must implement human resource management strategies that take this diversity into consideration. The paper looks at some of the challenges companies face when their work force is multicultural and suggests that companies must upgrade and enhance the cross-cultural skills of company executives and managers in order to maintain a competitive advantage. Also examined are various domestic diversity models developed in order to deal with some of the problems associated with cultural diversity and the ways in which they attempt to redress past grievances, cover the weaknesses of domestic diversity differences, and help organizations avert future problems.

From the Paper
"The famous 'Fortune' magazine in its issue of 1994 notes that there has been a 2500 percent increase in the total volume of international trade between the period of 1960 and 1993, with numerous business organizations expanding their business portfolios from domestic to the international arenas. (Fortune, 1993) The same magazine in its issue of 1997 also noted that world trade witnessed a tremendous growth rate that was even faster that the world gross domestic product. (Fortune, 1997). It was further noted that the majority of chief executive officers of large national organizations expected that both employment and revenue generation would comprise largely from sources outside the organization's home country, and further that the success of such organization depended upon an effective management of human resources, and keeping an competitive advantage edge over their nearest competitors through such measures as alignment of human resource management strategies and diverse cultures."

Tags:six, spheres, of, inclusion, civilizational, national, identification, organizatoinal, individual, corporate, global

Abstract
This paper explains that cultural diversity within the workplace can have a strong and beneficial impact on the organizational communication processes, which encourages innovation and effective learning leading to a transformed attitude towards the customer and market. Next, the author reviews the definition of globalization, strategic communications management and the theory behind the belief that cultural diversity can lead to higher profits. The paper concludes by suggesting guidelines to help for managing diverse workplaces in an efficient manner. This paper contains a figure.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
About Globalization
Workplace Diversity and Competitive Advantage
Managing Workplaces with Increased Diversity
What Organizations Really Know about Workplace Diversity Theory and Ways to Improve
Using Diversity to Increased Profits
Conclusion

From the Paper
"In practice, the biggest challenge for companies is probably to find ways to deal with diversity and being able to codify this knowledge. At this point most of organizational decisions in this area are experimental because: (a) there is no such system or person to contain all the cultural features that give birth to diversity, and (b) organizations haven't learnt how to apply efficient management methods, which work in one part of the world, to all other nations. The challenge comes from the fact that diversity is a dynamic process because people change permanently as a reaction to the changing environment."

Tags:survival consequences, social inclusion, personal characteristics, competitive advantage

Abstract
This paper describes the features of cultural diversity as seen in nursing practice, education, administration, and research. It is important, at all levels of nursing practice, to have a solid understanding of cultural diversity. The paper shows that ethnocentric approaches to nursing practice are ineffective when dealing with the health and nursing needs of diverse cultural groups of patients. Thus, learning about different cultures and their impact on health care is crucial for all nurses, whether they are working in a clinical setting, education, research, or administration.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
The Importance of Cultural Diversity in Nursing
Models of Culture Care Theory
The Effect of Culture on Professional Nurse
Conclusion

From the Paper
"As an American nurse, with American values and beliefs, I have a tendency to place efficiency high on my list of priorities. However, it is important for me to consider that many cultures have values that must be taken into consideration, like modesty. While I may be concerned with performing a procedure quickly and efficiently, my patient may be mortified that I am failing to keep him or her covered during the procedure. In addition, as an American nurse, I value self-control. However, a patient that comes from a culture in which emotional expressiveness is the norm may interpret my self-control as coldness."

Tags:ANA, healthcare, Leininger, Papadopoulos

Abstract
This paper discusses how knowledge of cultural diversity is important at all levels of nursing, whether nurses are practicing in a clinical setting, education, research, or administration. It looks at how this knowledge comes through communication and education between clients, colleagues, and health care facilities, and how the first step in overcoming cultural diversity is the awareness of stereotypes and prejudices. It also demonstrates how cultural diversity is beneficial to all aspects of society and in nursing, since a culturally diverse group of colleagues encourages an open and flexible atmosphere that is both supportive and educational.

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"Stereotypes affect all aspects of a community, and in a healthcare setting stereotypes against male nurses can be just as traumatizing and mentally challenging as cultural stereotypes. On top of this, male nurses are sometimes regarded in certain cultures as being inadequate compared to their female counterparts and as a result are "stressed and leaving the profession faster than female nurses because of social stigmas and work conditions" (Healthcare Review, 2002). Education on the cultural significance of these stereotypes is a step towards breaking them down and could benefit the male nurse population in a healthcare institute."

Tags:stereotypes, male, prejudice, race, religion

Abstract
In today's sports, business, academic and other professional environments, conventional wisdom suggests that demographic and cultural diversity contribute positively to enhanced performance by groups or teams. Recent research suggests, however, that while diverse skills and abilities may in fact enhance group or team performance, demographic diversity (e.g. differences among team or group members in language, cultural, referential, or social background) may detract from it. This paper explores factors that make a group into a winning team, as well as analyzes both positive and negative effects of demographic characteristics and cultural diversity, on group and team behavior and performance.

From the Paper
"As demonstrated, then, within research; current events, and popular culture alike, demographic and/or cultural diversity either may or may not enhance a team's or a group's performance, depending on the group or team itself; its members; its management and/or other influences; and its shared values, goals, and philosophies. Diversity of skill and ability, research shows, is in general more likely to enhance group or team performance than is cultural diversity."

Tags:common, goal, demographics, organizational, behavior, racism

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"The changing demographics of the United States are now defining the face of the 21st century electorate in American society. The new constituency will be better educated, more affluent, increasingly diverse in its ethnicity, more suburban, more independent, and less unionized than its counterpart in the previous century.

Experts recognize that the coming changes in these demographic areas
will be large and rapid. They also recognize that the new leadership of this country, regardless of its political or organizational level, will have to accommodate styles and images that..."

Abstract
This paper discusses the dynamics of race relations in contemporary Las Vegas, from the viewpoint of a Caucasian middle-aged male. The author describes the demographic and political makeup of Las Vegas, and the way in which local media has embraced racial and cultural diversity. The author explains, giving specific examples, that from his personal experience, factors such as income and social class appear to racialize human interactions in Vegas more strongly than race alone. Age is also perceived as playing an important part in determining whether the author experiences racial reactions. The paper concludes with the author's belief that within racial minorities, different individuals enter into social interactions with different degrees of preconceived expectations and racialized perspective in Las Vegas.

Outline:
Racial Relations in Society
Unique Cultural Elements of Las Vegas
Personal Experiences and Observations

From the Paper
"Conversely, members of racial minorities are likely much more conscious of the degree to which the predominant social culture embraces cultural diversity, both in its formal policies as well as prevailing informal attitudes. This is an issue that affects me more because, to a certain extent, the perceptions among minority cultures about their relationship to society shape their expectations of individual members of the predominant majority in social situations. Likewise, it may very well play a role in the outward attitude of many members of racial minorities expressed to me in personal interactions, although it is sometimes difficult to know the underlying source of substantial variations that likely mean more than many aspects of outward behavior."

Tags:inequality, psychological, conversational, culture, racialization, tension, community, tourism

Abstract
The author notes that current scholarship seems to favor that cuisine cannot be described in this large a group, that cuisine can only be regional or local. In arguing that this is not so, the author investigates the meaning of cuisine, its genesis and its history. The author makes the case that despite the arbitrary political boundaries of a nation and the continual shift towards ethnic and cultural diversity within nations, national cuisine is a real and definable entity. The author notes that this does not mean, however, that nations have a national cuisine just by virtue of their existence; many nations have no national cuisine, and some have no definable cuisine at all, even at the regional or local level.

Tags:cuisine, gastronomy, food

Abstract
The paper discusses how organizations do not exist in a vacuum; on the contrary, they exist within specific environments: political, social, economic and environmental. The paper argues that in order to succeed, organizations must effectively manage their interaction with their environment, in all spheres, and this is one of the major challenges for modern business. The paper asserts that it is a complex challenge, especially for multinational enterprises which exist simultaneously in a diversity of geographical and cultural locales.

From the Paper
"Organizations do not exist in a vacuum. On the contrary, they exist within specific environments: political, social, economic and environmental. In order to succeed, organizations must effectively manage their interaction with their environment, in all spheres. This is one of the major challenges for modern business. It is a complex challenge, especially for multinational enterprises which exist simultaneously in a diversity of geographical and cultural locales. In this essay, the challenge of effectively manage these complex interactions with their environment will..."

Tags:interaction, environments, business