{"id":325,"date":"2022-04-04T16:00:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T16:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/chapter\/introduction-to-diversity-in-the-workplace\/"},"modified":"2022-04-04T16:00:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T16:00:01","slug":"introduction-to-diversity-in-the-workplace","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/chapter\/introduction-to-diversity-in-the-workplace\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Diversity in the Workplace","rendered":"Introduction to Diversity in the Workplace"},"content":{"raw":"\n<h2>What you'll learn to do: Define diversity and discuss its influence on the workplace<\/h2>\n<img class=\"wp-image-3303 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2785\/2018\/04\/24191109\/team-866663_1920-e1525293468821-1024x612.jpg\" alt=\"Four women and one man in business attire posing in front of a white background.\" width=\"350\" height=\"209\">\n\nLiving in a technically-curated, self-reinforcing echo chamber of media and social media, it\u2019s all too easy to assume that our world view and perception of reality is the consensus view\u2014perhaps even the truth.\n\nBut that\u2019s a monochromatic\u2014and inaccurate\u2014view of our nation and of reality in general. Perhaps more importantly, it\u2019s a view that generally won\u2019t serve you well as a business professional, manager, or entrepreneur. In this section, we\u2019ll explore what diversity means in a business context and the competitive advantages and operational challenges of managing a diverse workforce.\n<h2>Contribute!<\/h2><div style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">Did you have an idea for improving this content? We\u2019d love your input.<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1jtX0Xz-Bcz07nlPh8cU6M5FNeGM818hy6HE_cBYJOnY\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 600; color: #077fab; text-decoration: none; border: 2px solid #077fab; border-radius: 7px; padding: 5px 25px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; line-height: 1.5em;\">Improve this page<\/a><a style=\"margin-left: 16px;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1vy-T6DtTF-BbMfpVEI7VP_R7w2A4anzYZLXR8Pk4Fu4\">Learn More<\/a>\n","rendered":"<h2>What you&#8217;ll learn to do: Define diversity and discuss its influence on the workplace<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3303 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2785\/2018\/04\/24191109\/team-866663_1920-e1525293468821-1024x612.jpg\" alt=\"Four women and one man in business attire posing in front of a white background.\" width=\"350\" height=\"209\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Living in a technically-curated, self-reinforcing echo chamber of media and social media, it\u2019s all too easy to assume that our world view and perception of reality is the consensus view\u2014perhaps even the truth.<\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s a monochromatic\u2014and inaccurate\u2014view of our nation and of reality in general. Perhaps more importantly, it\u2019s a view that generally won\u2019t serve you well as a business professional, manager, or entrepreneur. In this section, we\u2019ll explore what diversity means in a business context and the competitive advantages and operational challenges of managing a diverse workforce.<\/p>\n<h2>Contribute!<\/h2>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">Did you have an idea for improving this content? We\u2019d love your input.<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1jtX0Xz-Bcz07nlPh8cU6M5FNeGM818hy6HE_cBYJOnY\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 600; color: #077fab; text-decoration: none; border: 2px solid #077fab; border-radius: 7px; padding: 5px 25px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; line-height: 1.5em;\">Improve this page<\/a><a style=\"margin-left: 16px;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1vy-T6DtTF-BbMfpVEI7VP_R7w2A4anzYZLXR8Pk4Fu4\">Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-325\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Introduction to Diversity in the Workplace. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Nina Burokas. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>team corporate group. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Hillyne. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Pixabay. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/team-corporate-people-group-office-866663\/\">https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/team-corporate-people-group-office-866663\/<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/about\/cc0\">CC0: No Rights Reserved<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":395986,"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Introduction to Diversity in the Workplace\",\"author\":\"Nina Burokas\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"team corporate group\",\"author\":\"Hillyne\",\"organization\":\"Pixabay\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/team-corporate-people-group-office-866663\/\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc0\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"e6c4c8f4-862d-4066-b0b4-55f330fffc96","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-325","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":323,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/395986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/325\/revisions"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/323"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/325\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=325"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=325"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}