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A 12 page paper. Diversity is a fact of life in today's world. This essay provides data regarding ethnic minorities in the UK and discusses the drivers for workplace diversity, such as legal and social. The Race Relations Act 1976, amended in 2000 and again in 2003 is discusses as is the European Union Race Directive of 2000. The benefits of a diverse workforce are discussed with examples. Two specific companies and their strategies for managing diversity are reported. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
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that can propel a company to success but mismanaged, diversity can easily become a drain on the companys resources and time and cause the company to lose market share rather
than to be more successful. When most people think of diversity in the workplace, they think primarily of the racial and cultural differences now found in companies and agencies. The
topic is much broader. Diversity encompasses far more than having people from different races or ethnicities on the payroll. It has to do with gender, age, talent, skills, knowledge levels,
sexual orientation, individuals with handicaps or disabilities, and women as well as race and ethnicity. Terrance A. Larsen, CEO of CoreStates Financial Corp. said that "For us, diversity is accepting
differences in the way we do things, not just differences in the way we look or where weve come from" (American Banker, 1997, A14). This seems to be more in
line with what is the reality of the workforce today. Despite the acknowledgment that diversity is here to stay, many managers do not know how to manage the new demographics
found in their companies. And, employees do not know how to deal with it. Many have little experience with individuals outside their own racial, cultural, generational and socioeconomic circles. How
to manage these factors has become a topic of management courses, seminars and perhaps thousands of journal and popular magazine articles. Ethnic Diversity in the UK The Office of
National Statistics reported that approximately 9 percent of the population in England, 2 percent in Wales and 2 percent in Scotland are ethnic minorities (Office for National Statistics, 2002). Of
the total ethnic population in the UK: * Asian or Asian-British = In England, 50 percent, in Wales, 37 percent and in Scotland 51 percent (Office for National Statistics, 2002).
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