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Diversity in the Workplace
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Lynnette Morelock
Week 2, Individual Work#1
In society, back then more than now, there are many issues of diversity in
the workplace. This tends to happen when cultures and values clash, and in result
conflict occurs between employees/employers. Diversity can include, age, ethnicity,
gender, religion, sexual orientation and sexual class.
For example, many women believe they are being discriminated against in the
workplace because they possess the same skills and traits as men, but not being payed
the same or eligible for promotion. This was an example of white collar jobs, which are
jobs such as plumbers, construction worker, masonry, etc. They thought they were
being neglected from promotion to a professional rank or executive. Women want to
achieve professional, legal, and educational equality as men. This is able to happen
today as a result of the Womens Movement. Although this movement accomplished
many things, it especially helped woman today to be able get paid the same as men.
Also known as, equal pay for equal work. Women are now able to achieve success in
the workplace.
Another issue can be pay gaps between whites and minorities. It is said that
“minorities”, (people that are members from various ethnic and racial groups) are getting
payed less than whites because they make up a minority of the population. Whites
assume that because they are minorities, most likely they have little or no education and
can not posses the same trade skills as them, and that minority concentrated jobs are
“bad”. This makes whites not want to work at a job that employs minorities because
they think the pay will be lower. This assumption between whites and minorities has
resulted in occupations to become focused on educational opportunity, equal
employment opportunity, along with affirmative action. More and more companies are
promoting diverse training in the workplace due to realizing that having a dominant
culture is not