CHAPTER FOURHow Do Diversity Issues Differ from Discrimination?

Dear Diversity Diva:

Shouldn’t you really be called “Discrimination Diva”? I mean, seriously, isn’t that all you’re really writing about? As a manager, it seems that it is about encouraging a bunch of people to whine and complain because they don’t get their way in the workplace by getting the company all worked up about diversity.

Signed,Dumbing Down Diversity Discussion

Harmony vs. Harm

In dealing with difference as a purely legal requirement, the issue always rests on harm and if harm is created. The law doesn’t care about whether workers are happy, unified, motivated, or operating at their best. The law just wants to make sure that no one is harmed in any of the ways that we ...

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