Chapter 12, Problem 1CRQ

Define the three types of diversity and compare them using examples for each type.

Summary Introduction

To explain:

The three types of diversity with examples is to be compared.

Introduction:

Diversity is a significant issue for employers and staff alike in a modern working environment. Although many may believe that diversity is restricted to race and gender, the inclusion of elements such as disability and socioeconomic status extends far beyond that. In reality, when considering varied applicants for their company, many organizations also include thinking style, character and experience in life.

Explanation of Solution

The three types of diversity encountered in the workplace are explained below:

• Sexual orientation:

  It's about sexual orientation that a individual is drawn to. Although this is a very private matter, workers must feel secure to express their sexual orientation with the individuals they work with without risk of discrimination. For example, the LGBTQ+ community consists of several separate groups of individuals with different workplace experiences, concerns and difficulties.

• Age and generation:

  Age is often classified by generation such as baby boomer generation, X, Y, Z and millennial. Although not all individuals of the same age group share the same views, the age of a person defines some similarities. For example, Generation Z, born after 1995, for instance, has not witnessed a world without internet or the mobile phones. This makes the manner they think of the employees born in 1960s quite distinct.

• Gender and gender identification:

  Businesses need to tackle problems such as the gender pay gap, where females are regularly paid less for the same employment as their masculine counterparts, to be a truly gender-diverse company. To be effective, when contributing to the workforce, organizations need to look at the obstacles experienced by both genders and see how they can ease some of those constraints for their staff. For example, the U.S. identifies more than 1.4 million individuals as transgender. Human resource policies of an organization need to use inclusive language that does not concentrate on the binary language of male and female gender, but accounts for the transgender population as well.