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Business Management -- Diversity Issues
Contemporary business managers must be competent in all areas of diversity issues in order to comply with applicable federal laws, state laws, and to insulate their business organizations from potential civil liability arising from lawsuits for violations of those laws (Halbert & Ingulli, 2008). Cultural diversity issues typically arise in connection with the increasing demographic diversity of American society in general. Ethnic diversity issues also typically arise as a function of societal diversity, but ethnicity is a particularly important element of sensitivity to diversity in contemporary business because of the designation of minority races as "suspect classes" in relation to the protections afforded by the Civil Rights Act of 1965 (Halbert & Ingulli, 2008). Gender, while not as strictly protected by law as racial identity, is subject to the protections of the laws of equality in many states and also is a potential source of civil liability in relation to discrimination and harassment...
Therefore, virtually all modern business organizations maintain employee training programs that include cultural diversity sensitivity training to ensure that their employees respect one another and avoid offending coworkers and other stakeholders such as vendors, and (especially) customers. Naturally, it is the professional manager's responsibility to plan and deliver effective employee cultural sensitivity training programs to promote cultural sensitivity throughout the workforce (George & Jones, 2008).
Ethnic diversity presents many of the same issues as cultural diversity but in an even more important context because of the combined protection against racial and religious discrimination (in particular) afforded by the Civil Rights Act of 1965,…
References
George, J.M. And Jones, G.R. (2008). Understanding and Managing Organizational
Behavior. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Halbert, T. And Ingulli, E. (2008). Law & Ethics in the Business Environment. Cincinnati:
West Legal Studies.
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