CHAPTER TWENTY-TWODIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICE

Ilene Wasserman, Placida Gallegos, and Erin Taylor

Over the past forty years, significant shifts have occurred in diversity practice and leadership within organizations. These shifts alter, and in many cases expand, the framing of how we define diversity and enhance the approaches designed by organizational practitioners. This chapter explores the evolving framing of diversity and inclusion and suggests new prospects for creative approaches that fully leverage the possibilities that a diverse workforce offers.

The frequency with which the terms “diversity” and “inclusion” are linked is an important place to begin. At times these terms are used interchangeably and at other ...

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