Workforce Diversity Research Paper
WORFORCE DIVERSITY
Eric Hernandez
National University
Introduction
“It’s hard to define what diversity is because everyone has an opinion.”
- Goldman Sachs diversity ad, 2000.
People are different, that’s a fact. We live in a diverse world, filled with people of different cultures, nationalities, backgrounds and sex. The purpose of this paper is just to give a brief explanation on the importance diversity in the workplace, its advantages and why companies need to embrace it rather than ignoring it. Diversity is a very broad concept, and is not meant to be confused with equality; therefore we need to define it first. Diversity includes acceptance, respect and understanding that every individual is unique and different. …show more content…
Since then is been a continuous debate, there’s the advocates that want diversity incorporated as a base in their core values and there are the opponents that fear that too much legislation on this matter could be interpreted to require employers with diversity imbalance to give priority to minorities. In the 1960´s there was a lot of changes tied to the civil rights movement. This legislation included parts that prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, nationality and age. In 1987, then Secretary of labor, William Brock directed study economic demographic trends. The findings where impressive, the study highlighted some trends that are going to be discussed in more detail later in this paper. Some of this trends suggested that diversity in the workforce is important if companies were to remain competitive and able to attract workers. After this, companies started to implement efforts to create a case on diversity. (McCormick, …show more content…
(n.d). Retrieved August 4,2014, from http://www.123helpme.com/diversity- view.asp?id=220814
Judy, R., & D’Amico, C. (1987). Workforce 2000 – Work and Workers for the 21st Century. Hudson Institute.
Kerby, S., & Burns, C. (2012). The Top 10 Economic Facts of Diversity in the Workplace. Center for American Progress. Retrieved from http://www.americanprogress.org
/issues/labor/news/2012/07/12/11900/the-top-10- economic-facts-of- diversity
-in-the-workplace/
Llopis, G. (2011). Diversity Management Is the Key to Growth: Make It Authentic. Forbes. Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/glennllopis/2011/06/13/diversity- management-is-the-key-to-growth-make-it-authentic/
McCormick, K. (2007). The evolution of workplace diversity. State Bar of Texas. Retrieved from http://www.texasbarcle.com/materials/events/6369/4079_01.pdf
Noe, R. A., Hollenbeck, J. R., Gerhart, B., & Wright, P. M. (2013). Human resource management: Gaining a competitive advantage (8th ed.). New York, McGrawHill.
Queensborough Community College (n.d). Definition for Diversity. Retrieved from
Eric Hernandez
National University
Introduction
“It’s hard to define what diversity is because everyone has an opinion.”
- Goldman Sachs diversity ad, 2000.
People are different, that’s a fact. We live in a diverse world, filled with people of different cultures, nationalities, backgrounds and sex. The purpose of this paper is just to give a brief explanation on the importance diversity in the workplace, its advantages and why companies need to embrace it rather than ignoring it. Diversity is a very broad concept, and is not meant to be confused with equality; therefore we need to define it first. Diversity includes acceptance, respect and understanding that every individual is unique and different. …show more content…
Since then is been a continuous debate, there’s the advocates that want diversity incorporated as a base in their core values and there are the opponents that fear that too much legislation on this matter could be interpreted to require employers with diversity imbalance to give priority to minorities. In the 1960´s there was a lot of changes tied to the civil rights movement. This legislation included parts that prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, nationality and age. In 1987, then Secretary of labor, William Brock directed study economic demographic trends. The findings where impressive, the study highlighted some trends that are going to be discussed in more detail later in this paper. Some of this trends suggested that diversity in the workforce is important if companies were to remain competitive and able to attract workers. After this, companies started to implement efforts to create a case on diversity. (McCormick, …show more content…
(n.d). Retrieved August 4,2014, from http://www.123helpme.com/diversity- view.asp?id=220814
Judy, R., & D’Amico, C. (1987). Workforce 2000 – Work and Workers for the 21st Century. Hudson Institute.
Kerby, S., & Burns, C. (2012). The Top 10 Economic Facts of Diversity in the Workplace. Center for American Progress. Retrieved from http://www.americanprogress.org
/issues/labor/news/2012/07/12/11900/the-top-10- economic-facts-of- diversity
-in-the-workplace/
Llopis, G. (2011). Diversity Management Is the Key to Growth: Make It Authentic. Forbes. Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/glennllopis/2011/06/13/diversity- management-is-the-key-to-growth-make-it-authentic/
McCormick, K. (2007). The evolution of workplace diversity. State Bar of Texas. Retrieved from http://www.texasbarcle.com/materials/events/6369/4079_01.pdf
Noe, R. A., Hollenbeck, J. R., Gerhart, B., & Wright, P. M. (2013). Human resource management: Gaining a competitive advantage (8th ed.). New York, McGrawHill.
Queensborough Community College (n.d). Definition for Diversity. Retrieved from