Managing Diversity

Running Head : Managing Diversity in UK

Managing Diversity in UK

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Managing Diversity in UK

Introduction

This world is home to people from many different nations , races cultures , religions and ethnicity , all with their own system of values lifestyle , faith , believes and origin . Some of the people form the majority at the place where they live in and some of them are left but as minority . The people take up different professions , take admissions in different institutes and are designated with the task of

doing a number of jobs . The people from the minority group try to integrate themselves in the larger context of the environment where they work and live in but at the same time , maintaining their individual identities is one of the main objectives . At times , the minority groups have to face a number of different issues while interacting with members from the majority group . One such issue faced by members of a certain race is of racial discrimination , which results in making them stand at some sort of disadvantage against the others . In the earlier days , minority groups had to face more injustice and issues and were not available with a lot of means to provide solutions to their problems but now times have changed and people are more aware of their rights and duties , not only this but different legislations are passed by governments to protect the members of the minority against any form of injustice . The minority groups today enjoy more freedom and rights than they ever did but that doesn 't mean that there are no more biasness , prejudice or discrimination against them . There are still people who are part of the larger environment who dominate different fields of life and they do not look upon favorably on the members of the minority groups and look for opportunities to get rid of them or humiliate them

This report discusses what discrimination is and its different types racial discrimination in UK and the different legislations that have been passed to protect against it , the workplace issues in UK related to racial discrimination and the impact that these have on people

According to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights , Louise Arbour "Racism lies at the roots of many conflicts it poses risks to international peace and security . Racism is the springboard for extremism and all types of intolerance

Discrimination

Discrimination occurs when members of the minority group are treated differently from others resulting in unfavorable outcomes or biases for them . the discrimination may result in various disadvantages for the members of the minority groups . Discrimination may be direct or indirect

Direct discrimination

Discrimination which occurs when a person - because of their race ethinc origin , religion or belief , disability , age or sexual orientation - is treated less favorably than others in a similar situation ( EU 2007 . For example , a person is refused from employment because of his race

Indirect discrimination

Discrimination which occurs when a person stands at a disadvantage...