Studies of Diversity

1.Company Information

Give a brief description of the company that you will be studying throughout the course.

2.Diversity Overview

Identify the company’s diversity policies, procedures, initiatives, and programs.

Summarize the efforts that the company has made to address diversity throughout the organization.

3.Leaders and Managers

How does the company that you selected address diversity at the highest leadership levels?

Does it demonstrate a corporate responsibility related to diversity?

Do the leaders and managers encourage a corporate culture supporting diversity?

4.Diversity Data

Include any available statistical data on the company’s diverse populations (gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, etc.), and analyze whether the data support the company’s stated efforts to support diversity.

5.Strengths and Weaknesses

Identify the strengths and weaknesses of the company relating to diversity.

Discuss how its diversity strengths and weaknesses impact upon perceptions of fairness, justice, social problems, social change, and respect.

6.Effectiveness

Are the company’s efforts effective?

Explain how the company’s policies and programs positively impact perceptions of fairness, justice, social problems, social change, and respect.

7.Literature Review

Select 1 diversity topic that has been addressed in the company that you are studying (e.g., hiring more women or recruitment efforts for Hispanic people) for further research.