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Managing a Diverse Workforce
The Changing Face of the Workforce
Diversity
variation in the important human characteristics that distinguish people from one another.
Workforce diversity
diversity among employees of a business or organization
The Gender and Racial Pay Gap
Possible Reason For Gander Pay Gap
Sex discrimination.
Women’s choices to pursue lower paying jobs or slower advancement
Occupational segregation: Inequitable concentration of a group in certain job categories.
Pay Gap
Women and persons of color on average receive lower pay than white men do.
Breaking the Glass Ceiling
Glass ceiling
Invisible barrier that exists in reaching these higher levels is sometimes called the glass ceiling.
Recent advances show some cracking of the ceiling.
Reasons for the Glass Ceiling
Companies lack commitment to diversity.
Recruiters fill positions by word of mouth, using “old boys network.”
Many women and minorities start in staff rather than line positions.
Too little accountability for equal employment opportunity at top management levels.
Where Women and Persons of Color Manage
Person Of Color
Where do persons of color manage?
Hispanics have progressed in property and real estate.
Asians are somewhat overrepresented in management ranks, particularly in the field of information systems.
Blacks have made progress in educational administration and human resources.
Women and Minority Business Ownership
Some women and minorities have chosen to avoid the glass ceiling by opening their own businesses
Affirmative Action
reduce job discrimination by encouraging companies to take positive steps to overcome past discriminatory employment
practices
Backers argue that these programs provide an
important tool for achieving equal opportunity
Critics of affirmative action say it is inconsistent with the principles of fairness and equality.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, or age is prohibited in all employment practices.
Women and men must receive equal pay for performing equal work, and employers may not discriminate on the basis of pregnancy.
Harassment
Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment at work occurs when
On‑the‑job conditions are hostile or threatening in a sexual way.
It includes both physical conduct.
Examples: Suggestive touching, verbal harassment
An employee, woman or man, experiences repeated, unwanted sexual attention.
It can also occur if a company’s work climate is blatantly and offensively sexual or intimidating to employees.
Government regulations ban sexual and racial harassment.
Racial Harassment
Illegal, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
Under EEOC guidelines, ethnic slurs, derogatory comments, or other verbal or physical harassment based on race are against the law.
if they create an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment or interfere with an individual's work performance.
Preventing Sexual and Racial Harassment
The Supreme Court ruled that companies could deflect lawsuits by taking two steps
Developing a zero-tolerance policy on harassment and communicate it clearly to employees.
Establishing a complaint procedure—including ways to report incidents without retaliation—and acting quickly to resolve any problems.
Companies that took such steps would be protected from suits by employees who claimed harassment but had failed to use the complaint procedure.