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Summary of Diversity in Workplace ' By Patrick Highland

The term diversity means being composed different and distinct elements . Regarding workplace diversity means having employees of different gender , race , religion and sex . In the recent past most corporations does not have a broader view about diversity but now the range of things considered regarding

diversity has been increased . Today most employers think diversity as a reality . They don 't consider it a burden but a potential strength of their organization

The most important factor which have contributed the increase of diversity and its side affects in the United States is the increasing number of immigrants in the country in the past few decades . This has allowed a large variety of people to enter in the workforce who are quite different in their norms , values and religions . Some of the most prominent barriers , which occur in a diverse workplace , are the language barriers . Now most of the institutions teaching customer services and relation programs have included diversity in their curriculum , which is a result of increasing awareness of the employers in the corporate sector . The increasing diversity in the demography of the country has led the corporation to take decisive measures to attract these potential and culturally diversified customers . Moreover in to deal the diversity in the workplace many employers devised special programs not only for the minorities but also for the majority elements of the workplace in to become accustomed to a diversified environment This helps them to become capable of understanding the feelings of people entirely different from themselves . Some of the most prominent offenses , which occur in a harassment and discrimination , based of prejudgment , stereotype and gender

Increasing awareness of discrimination base on race or gender has led to the formation of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission . The commission has recognized verbal or physical conducts which show disparages , hatred or hostility towards any coworker as illegal . Slurs epithets , negative stereotyping and threatening acts are the examples of harassment . Harassment is not limited to sexual harassment and may have several forms . The most important thing for a workplace is that its workers are assimilated in the mainstream and do not feel isolated or cornered . The prejudice is also an important factor , which creates problems in a diversified workplace . Most prejudgments have their roots in the environment in which an individual has been brought up through out his /her life like family , school and neighborhood etc . Likewise stereotyping is also based on widely accepted ideas about a certain group and is difficult to get rid of . People with Stereotypes mostly overlook that every individual is a different person . Another important factor in of prejudgments is the tension caused by the struggle between different groups to gain economic prosperity . While in to achieve...