...Individual Final Project ETH/125 July 20, 2012 Maudine Johnson Individual Final Project Throughout this course I have discovered a variety of alternate viewpoints about diversity within the United States we have discussed. Feeling more knowledgeable about the subject with a grander appreciation, and realizing that going into personal experiences with an open mind will continue to help me to relate with others. Getting to know someone who is different from you can be challenging, and stepping out of the norm to be willing to listen or observe others and their beliefs will help lead society toward a less discriminatory, and prejudice country. My past had prevented me from taking that extra step to understand others, instead I chose to avoid them because they were not like me or did not share my same beliefs. As a teenager I possibly ignored those who were different than I, in fear of lowering my reputation status. Growing up as a child I was very unaware of the depth of discrimination and prejudice that was lingering in our country. Hawaii is a state where children are sheltered from the rest of the United States. It is almost as if we are in our own world. Although I miss living there near the rest of my family along with the island life, I am extremely grateful that my parents decided to move us to California while I was still young enough to absorb “street smarts” but, I am also thankful that living in Hawaii allowed me to see everyone...
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...Practices in Diversity Management April 22, 2009 Successful Practices in Diversity Management At the United Nations Headquarters in New York, on May 3rd and 4th of 2001, there was a meeting titled, “United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Managing Diversity in the Civil Service.” (Reichenberg, 2001). After several surveys were conducted, this meeting was scheduled to inform organizations across the world, the benefits of top quality successful managers in diversity. Although, organizations seek diversity, achieving tangible results can only arise from an effective diversity program. Since the rapid change in demographics, the effect of educating the importance of diversity is imperative. Once educated in the importance, the different perspectives people bring are as follows: race, workplace styles, and disabilities; among other differences. An impacted decision a successful manager will be able to execute fully. By valuing each person, the Manager will be able to earn and give respect. Given the chance to build rapport, and eventually gain friendships would be one of many ultimate goals a successful manager should obtain. Affirmative action will also be a necessary trait needed by a successful manager. Whether given a verbal warning or as harsh as termination, diversity will always play a role in the situation and the action that was taken. In today’s times our society has evolved into many different ethnic backgrounds. The specific word, diversity, was rarely...
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...My New Views on Religion Cesar Flores Religious Diversity in America “There is immense diversity within American Christianity—dozens of independent Protestant denominations or sects and various sub-groups within Catholicism—but the predominance of Christianity provides crucial context to any discussion of religious pluralism in the United States... Christianity may still dominate the religious landscape of the United States, but religious pluralism has now become its defining feature,” (Boisi Center 2). Christianity without a doubt has had a great impact on the United States in many different aspects. The Bible has been cited before in presidential speeches numerous times. The Bible has also been used in important events, such...
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...Abstract This paper will cover some issues what conducting business overseas and the importance of having a multicultural and diverse work environment. Multiculturalism and Diversity Management Some of the issues a foreign country could face when outsourcing to another host country is it eliminate direct communication between the company and the client they services. It prevents the company from forming a strong working relationship with the company and customers and often leads to frustration on both sides especially if the product doesn’t meet quality standards, often the manufacturer must repeat production for accurate results if the product is not the company standards and also there are concerns of not having control to some aspects of the company. Other issues the company might face is the delaying communication and project implementation and the company may rely on the outsource provider that could perhaps may lead to problems if the outsourcer back out on their contract if they feel the working relationship is not going so well as well as hidden costs, for example if a contract is already sign and there are other additional services that are needed there will be a cost associated. Anything that is not covered is considered additional cost to the company. Other issues the company might face are the treat to security and confidentiality. This is one of the most important aspects of any business; you are in charge of keeping payroll, medical, and other confidential...
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...A Diverse America This paper focuses on the question “How can people be made more accepting of diversity?” The paper is organized into five sections: What I Knew, What I Want to Know, Literature Review, My Search, and the Conclusion. The sections What I Knew and What I Want to Know provide background knowledge on why this topic is one of personal importance and why I fell others should see its importance as well. The two sections also address what subjects will be spoken of and researched in the paper. The Literature Review is divided into three sections: What is Diversity, How Does Diversity Affect Individuals, and How Can Acceptance of Diversity be Promoted. Each of these sections provides research on their respective questions, mostly focusing on religious and racial diversity. The My Search section contains information from a personal Interview with Dominik Unger, a previous political refugee. Finally, the conclusion contains personal...
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...The Importance of Diversity Elements in the Nursing Profession This paper consists of various elements of diversity and how they affect the nursing profession. Interpreting the underrepresentation of minority groups in the workplace. The purpose of this paper is to discuss how the nursing profession can benefit in numerous ways from being culturally competent and recognizing minority groups exist in the workplace. Importance of Diversity in the Workplace Nursing has a long history of being uniform from the nursing attire, all the way down to the education and practice (Bednorz, Schim, & Doorenbos 2010, p. 254). According to "Culturally Competent Nursing Care and Promoting Diversity in Our Nursing Workplace," (2015) "Diversity awareness refers to an active, ongoing conscious process in which we recognize similarities and differences within and between various cultural groups" (p. 10). There are several reasons why nurses should examine the impact of diversity in the nursing profession. For the nurse to provide safe, adequate healthcare delivery it requires cultural awareness, knowledge, and skills. "Culturally Competent Nursing Care and Promoting Diversity in Our Nursing Workplace," (2015) reports the importance of diversity awareness is imperative due to federal regulations on discrimination, competitive healthcare, population diversity and increasing health disparities (p. 7). "Culturally Competent Nursing Care and Promoting Diversity in Our Nursing Workplace," (2015)...
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...Behavior – Diversity Issues (Chapter Three) Study Guide Specific Diversity Issues 1. Gender Diversity in the Workplace 2. Race Diversity in the Workplace 3.Age Diversity in the Workplace 4.Religious Diversity in the Workplace 5.Employees with Disabilities in the Workplace 6. Sexual Orientation Diversity in the Workplace Gender Diversity in the Workplace The Equal Pay Act (1963) prohibits discrimination in pay based on gender. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (1964) prohibits discrimination in all employment-related decisions based on gender Earnings Gap The median earnings of women who worked full time in 2008 was 79% of men working full time. One explanation is that women are more likely to have gaps in their résumés because they are more likely to take time off to have children Race Diversity in the Workplace Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (1964) prohibits race discrimination in all employment-related decisions. Yet race discrimination still exists in organizations Age Diversity in the Workplace Despite their positive workplace behaviors, employees who are older often have to deal with age-related stereotypes at work. For example, a review of a large number of studies showed that those between 17 and 29 years of age tend to rate older employees more negatively, while younger employees were viewed as more qualified and having higher potential (age discrimination is prohibited by the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967) Religious Diversity in the...
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...Thinking About Diversity and Inclusion Adriana Sardinas SOC/315 January 17, 2011 Professor Joyce Mackey Thinking About Diversity and Inclusion In this content, the author will be using her critical thinking skills to answer questions based on the readings from Understanding and Managing Diversity and Racial and Ethnic Groups. The questions to be answered and discussed are: What are the dimensions of cultural diversity; with what ethnic, cultural, or other groups does the author identify herself; what is the difference between diversity and inclusion; what is the importance of workplace diversity training; and what is the author’s experience with workplace culture. Critical Thinking Questions Cultural diversity, inclusion, groups, diversity in the workplace, and identifying oneself with one or the other is controversial and can become aggressive if society remains close-minded. The author is putting into discussion questions that will help break down the understanding of what it truly is and the importance of it in society. Question One What are the dimensions of cultural diversity? Identification and a brief explanation of dimensions provided. Answer. The dimensions of cultural diversity range from racial groups, a group socially set apart by obvious physical difference; ethnic groups, groups set apart by culture patterns or nationality; religious groups, gender groups and other subordinate groups. Ageism is also considered a dimension. Minorities generally...
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...Running Head: CUTURALLY COMPETENT CARE Introduction Globalization has changed the way we live. The population demographic of United States is changing at a fast pace as every year people from different cultural and ethnic background are immigrating to the United States. By 2020, the number of ethnic minority in the United States will grow up to 35%. Immigration is an ongoing process and has brought a variety of culture and knowledge to the United States. The diversity of population is affecting the healthcare delivery system in the country. Nurses play a major role in the delivery of healthcare. Nurses are the direct caregivers to patients and spend maximum time with the patients and their family. “As the demographic composition of Western industrialized countries continues to diversify, the need for nurses to practice with cultural competence becomes essential” (Canales & Barbara, 2001, p. 103). Culturally Competent care Culturally competent care values diversity and respect individual differences regardless of one’s own race, beliefs, and cultural background. Culture can be defined as beliefs, values, customs and lifeway of a group of people that influence their choices in choosing health care practices. These behaviors are primarily learned in the family and are transmitted in the family. Culture is mostly unconscious and has strong influence on health practices. Subcultures, ethnic groups differ from the dominant culture and may have...
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...Thinking about diversity and inclusion 1. What are the dimensions of cultural diversity? Identify and briefly explain the dimensions by referencing both textbooks. The dimensions of cultural diversity consist of in the diverse cultures in the world. The diversity is the different race, gender, age, ethical, language, religion, education, and more. The geographic region and the social roll are the result of the cultural diversity in the world. The diversity is variable and depends of the human’s need and it has changed through human evolution. Countries that were pioneer on a cultural growth got behind and others countries progressed in art, technology, and science over the time. The immigration also interferes in the cultural diversity. The United States has a large amount of immigrants from many countries in the world. Immigrants try to preserve their cultural traditions to the future generations and over the time their cultures have influenced in the art, music, and the way to affront political issues of the United States. Cultures exist to serve the vital, practical requirements of human life (Harvey & Allard, 2009, p. 77). 2. With what ethnic, cultural, or other groups do you identify? Describe what members of your social circle have in common. Ethnic group is categorized to be integrated by people from other countries that speak different languages, cultural roots, and attitudes. The writer of this paper identify with the Hispanic group.The Hispanic social circle members...
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...Cultural Diversity and The Workplace Phyllis Bayard SOC220 October 3, 2015 Professor Mary Brito Cultural Diversity and the Workplace In our society, cultural diversity and lifestyles vary to an extreme. All across the world there are many different cultures, and many of them live in the United States. With more and more people entering the U.S. daily, we as a nation are becoming more and more diverse, not just in our culture, but in the workplace and schools. In the United States, alone we have many different cultures, religions, ethnic groups, and races just to name a few. While organizational interest in diversity continues to grow, “ U.S. Census Bureau predicts the U.S. population will be considerably older and more racially and ethnically diverse by 2060” (Dauber, 2015). They have also predicted that the non-Hispanic white population will peak at roughly 200 million by 2024, followed by a slow decrease. During that time it is predicted that both Hispanic and Asian will more than double. The total minority population is predicted to double by 2060. Cultural diversity exists even more with women in the work place. Women are hired, but only allowed to work in certain positions. For instance, beautiful women were hired to do masculine jobs only to be discriminated against because it was thought that they could not compete with men in the same positions. Therefore, women who enter a profession in order to climb...
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...Synopsis Multicultural education has been a tool used in the United States to foster education in public schools for all cultures to enjoy in it. The article A History of Multicultural Education in the USA: Origins, Approaches, and Misconceptions by Rasit Celik that appeared in the second volume of Online Journal of New Horizons in Education of October 2012 endeavors to critically analyze the origin of the education tool, the approaches used to apply it in the schools and various misconceptions that are associated with multicultural education. The article explains the origin of the idea of multicultural education citing the common ground as “…a response to gradually increasing cultural diversity and became a distinct part of civil rights movement in the second half of the twentieth century in the USA” (pg 2). Different schools of thought place precedence to different sources. Payne and Welsh for example, attribute the source of multicultural education to democratic ideologies such as the Bill of Rights, the Hammurabi Code, The Magna Carta among other ideas. The article also looks at the works of Donna M. Gollnick (2008), Christine Sleeter and Grant (2008), Banks (2008), (2010) and Dhillion and Halstead (2003) to determine a common basis on the origin and concludes that the cultural awareness and fight for equality in the 1960s was the biggest boost to achieving multicultural education in the United States. The article also discusses four different approaches used in multicultural...
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...Importance of Training for Employees Anonymous HRM 326 Importance of Training for Employees The effectiveness of an organization greatly depends on how resourceful are its employees and how well prepared they are to meet challenges at work. Many organizations request the services of outside consultants to identity and implement trainings to improve the performance of its’ employees. Nowadays, the diversity of cultures in the United States, the complexity of the law system, and the challenges employees face regularly in their work places, are forcing organizations to train their employees to overcome these challenges. Trainings in legal requirements, diversity, and employee’s growth have become necessary for organizations to maintain the effectiveness of the employees. The main focus of this paper is to discuss how important are these subject areas to the development of employees professional and personal needs. Also the paper will focus on what benefits organizations acquire by implementing these types of employee trainings. Employees’ Legal Requirements During Training There are many potential situations during training that can adversely affect the reputation of an organization and can make employees vulnerable to legal actions (Noe, Chapter 10, 2008). Some of these adverse situations that can occur during training are employees getting injured during training events, not including all genders and races in the training, providing...
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...Registered Nurse Language Laura Lynch Nevada State College ABSTRACT This paper discusses the significance of utilizing standard language and writing skills as it relates to multiple tiers of communication required in the nursing profession, as well as the importance of maintaining these elite level communication skills. In addition, this paper also includes a comparison between two minority authors that argue for the importance of their respective Chicana and black, “native tongues “. The pros and cons of their arguments is contrasted against authors’ Allen, Chapman, O’Connor and Francis (2007), whom address the significance of language and writing within the area of professional nursing that upholds the elite verbal and written communication standards practiced in nursing today. The Communications and the Language of Nursing The language spoken in the profession of nursing requires a wide spectrum of core communication skills that provide a verbal bridge of common understanding of illness, healing, wellness or prevention. These skills require the continual change and transformation of the nursing profession’s language. From the perspective of the patient’s bedside and nurse-to-nurse communications, through the nurse to the specialist, the criteria for common core can be acknowledged. Additionally, the personal slang and reflections of self identification shared in Anzaldua and hooks’ essays demonstrates the immediate need for the requirement of a common core language...
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...Importance of Including Multicultural Education in The US Curriculum Introduction The world is going through a cultural shift. According to the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics (1998), one of every three students enrolled in elementary and secondary schools today is of racial/ethnic minority background. Demographers predict that by 2020, student of color will make up about 46% of the student population in America. (Banks and Banks, 1997). This shows the growing rate of cultural diversity in the United States. The growing cultural shift will not only impact the nation, but will also impact the education system of the US. To accommodate this change America needs to incorporate multicultural education into its schools’ curriculums. In opposition to the diversely growing student population, the teacher population in the United States is highly homogeneous. A typical American teacher would be a white woman, according to Hadaway the current teaching force is 90% Anglo, and the face of the future teaching population does not currently appear to be changing (Hadaway, 1993). So to deal with the increasing cultural student body we need to prepare the teachers and train them properly. While training the teachers we need to prioritize in helping them gain the skills, knowledge, and outlook on how to deal with a culturally diverse student body. We need to prepare them on how to effectively teach students from different backgrounds, regardless of race. While most...
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