1.3: The Legal Framework for Managing Equal Employment and Diversity
1.3.1: Workplace Diversity: What Is It? Can It Be Done?
- This article highlights the social and legislative trends that lead to a more diverse workforce. Note the correlation between high diversity and high production, and high diversity and high retention.
Read this article from the executive summary through Chapter 4 (pages 5–17 of the PDF). Led by Al Gore, former vice president of the United States, and the U.S. Department of Commerce, this report provides in-depth insight on diversity – why it is important and how it can be integrated into the workplace. The report is divided into four chapters: each chapter builds on the previous one. You will see comments from leaders of major organizations, and the report provides some strategic key findings regarding diversity that you can use as a source for implementing diversity within the workplace.
1.3.2: Equal Employment Opportunity
- These videos discuss diversity, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and various types of discrimination.
- Read this article for an introduction to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. This information will provide you with a deeper understanding of how the commission supports and enforces the proper managing of human capital.
Read this list of the various types of discrimination. Click on each type of discrimination, from age to sexual harassment, and read the related information.
Read this list of the various types of laws enforced by the EEOC. Click on each type of legislation to read the related information.
Read this list of the various types of laws not enforced by the EEOC.