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This is the first 1,000 characters of 1195 words (4.78 pages) in the essay titled Diversity in the Workplace Workplace Diversity: Fact or Fiction?Are today’s corporate diversity programs truly effective? That question, posed by Robert J Grossman in an article carried by the Wall Street Journal Online on June 28, 2000, will be explored as part of the review of Mr. Grossman’s article. The concept of diversity goes well beyond the historical employment equity legislation enacted in both federal and local jurisdictions. It calls for the recognition of the contributions that individuals can make as individuals, not just as members of legislatively designated groups. It calls for management of organizations to be totally inclusive, not just tolerating those who are different but celebrating those differences. It calls for the opening of non-traditional occupations to men and women of all creeds, colors, religions, races and social groupings and for making reasonable accommodations the workplace and worklife for this to happen. It calls for diversity beyond just gender, race, or physical and intellectual abilities to include diversity in opinions, sexual preferences, social customs and mores, and other aspects of the variations in lives and lifestyles. (Conference Board of Canada. 1995, p. 1) There is a compelling generic business case for achieving and managing diversity in the workplace. Diversity can help organizations: identify and capitalize on opportunities to improve products and services; attract, retain, motivate and utilize human resources effectively; improve the quali... |
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Keywords: managing diversity in the workplace, diversity in the workplace, workplace diversity, corporate diversity, diversity programs, wall street journal online, wall street journal, progressive organization, employment equity legislation, conference board of canada, achieving, socially conscious, traditional occupations, sexual preferences, intellectual abilities, reasonable accommodations, social groupings, social customs, gender race, grossmans