Diversity at Work: The Practice of Inclusion

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

Building a Culture of Inclusion: The Case of UNAIDS

Alan Richter

This chapter examines the ways in which a particular organization, UNAIDS, has worked on building a culture of inclusion in their workplace and in society at large wherever they operate. UNAIDS is a unique organization in many ways, but it is also part of the broad range of international public-sector organizations that by definition have international workforces and thereby have intercultural and diversity challenges.

I was the consultant hired by UNAIDS to assist in the creation of its new Diversity and Inclusion Policy, having previously delivered global diversity training and train-the-trainer sessions for the organization. I had been doing similar training ...