Development in Learning Organizations An International Journal · 2004 · 25 citations · 0 references
ManagementHuman Resource ManagementOrganizational BehaviorDiscriminationNon-discriminationTalent ManagementDiversityDiversity StrategyEmployment DiscriminationGroup DiversityWorkplace BiasWorkplace DiscriminationLegal RequirementsLocal Community ManagementPolitical ArenasWorkforce Demographics Analysis
Diversity has increasingly become a “hot‐button” issue in corporate, political, and legal arenas. While many organizations have embraced diversity, others still consider it merely an issue of compliance with legal requirements. Effective diversity management has historically been used to provide a legally defensive position; that is, a firm with a diverse workforce could argue that they were not guilty of discrimination because of the prima facie case based on their workforce demographics representing the demographics of the local community. However, in more recent years, the view of diversity has dramatically changed to a more proactive concept.