Diversity in the Work Place
Autor: tifftiffer • July 27, 2013 • Research Paper • 681 Words (3 Pages) • 2,701 Views
Do you think corporations and government agencies should offer diversity training? If so, how can we develop diversity training that fosters mutual respect? Can you suggest practical ways to develop workplaces undivided by gender and race-ethnicity? (Pearson, 2013, pp. 139-140)
Having the right type of diversity training in a company could actually help others to understand where one another are coming from in every sense. “Diversity includes age, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation and social class (Pearson, 2013, pp. 139-140).” What some people may not pay attention to is that all of these people are just that, people. It shouldn’t matter what color, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation or social class you are. Even with that said, it is understood that some people still feel these are issues and don’t agree that all are equal in some way or another. All these things that have been mentioned are not the only things that make others different in their own ways. I don’t feel just because someone is different that they shouldn’t get the same treatment as another in any situation including the work place (Pearson, 2013, pp. 139-140).
In order for society to function in the work place with a large mass of diversity, they would need to be looked at as a whole and not as one. All or at least most would need to come together for this to work. Working together with different diversities of people teaches the younger generations that times have changed and not to look at a person because of their differences and if they do notice the differences, they aren’t singled out because of them (Pearson, 2013, pp. 139-140).
The only conflict in this matter is making these diversity trainings mandatory. The thought is that this makes others not want to come maybe they feel they are wasting their time. Some may also not feel comfortable with going to training and learning about others differences or even possibly being singled out. There is also the thought that some may feel there is more competition since
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