MANAGING DIVERSITY

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Diversity and Harassment Managing the Force
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Overview

• Managing Diversity
• Elements leading to diversity
• Potential problems
• Obstacles
• Benefits
• Key to managing diversity
• Harassment in the workplace
• Scenarios

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Managing Diversity
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What Do We Mean By Managing Diversity?

• A management system which incorporates the
  differences found in a multicultural workforce in
  a manner which results in the highest level of
  productivity for both the organization and the
  individual.
  
• U.S. Office of Personnel Management

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What Are Some Of The Elements That Lead To
Diversity?
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Some of the Elements That Lead to Diversity

• Race Ethnicity Regional
• Religion Lifestyle Gender
• Age Physically challenged
• Class Education Language

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Potential Problems

• Over protection of women, minorities and others
• Different consequences for the same actions
• Failure to train and coach (mentors)
• Language barriers

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Obstacles Confronting A Diverse Workforce

• The white male club
• The glass ceiling
• Stereotypes and assumptions
• Lack of accountability
• Unwritten rules of success?

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Benefits Of Diversity?

• Creativity and innovation
• Broader range of skills
• Better service to diverse customers
• Ability to recruit best talent from entire labor
  pool

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How Can We Truly Enhance the Diversity Within the
Military Work Force?

• Good Leadership

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Sexual Harassment Sexual AssaultAir Force
Policy ZERO TOLERANCE
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Definition of Sexual Harassment
Sexual Assault

• Sexual harassment--A form of sex discrimination
  that involves unwelcome sexual advances, requests
  for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical
  conduct of a sexual nature.

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Sexual Assault

• Sexual AssaultAny unwanted touching of a sexual
  nature that is done without a persons consent
  such as fondling, oral sex, rape and other acts
  of sexual abuse when

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Definition (Cont)

• Submission to or rejection of such conduct is
  made either explicitly or implicitly a term or
  condition of a persons job, pay or career
• Submission to or rejection of such conduct by a
  person is used as a basis for career or
  employment decisions affecting that person

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Definition (Cont)

• Such conduct has the purpose or effect of
  unreasonably interfering with an individuals
  work performance or creates an intimidating,
  hostile or offensive work environment

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VIDEO
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Overview

• Managing Diversity
• Elements leading to diversity
• Potential problems
• Obstacles
• Benefits
• Key to managing diversity
• Harassment in the workplace
• Scenarios

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Diversity

• The beauties of nature come in all colors.
  The strengths of humankind come in many forms.
  Every human being is wonderfully unique. All of
  us contribute in different ways. When we learn
  to honor the difference, and appreciate the mix,
  we find harmony.
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