How to Follow Equal Employment Opportunity…

In this final civic issues blog post, I want to discuss the procedures of how to facilitate equality and diversity in the workplace. What are the best practices for employers and professionals to prevent discrimination? How can hiring criteria be emphasized to foster inclusiveness? How can conditions and privileges of employment be used in a…

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Shifts in the Workplace

Diversity in the workplace is a complex management issue, as established in the last post. It depends heavily on how it is implemented and even individually on psychological aspects. Clearly, just hiring people who are of different backgrounds is not enough to improve an organization’s performance. It is how the company defines diversity and the methods…

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Deliberation Nation Event Reflection

The deliberation that I participated in was named “Lab Rats: Morality Within Animal Testing.” As the name suggests, this deliberation dealt with regulating, advocating, and finding alternative solutions to animal testing in the modern age. The basic framing questions for this deliberation considered the morality and ethics of animal testing. I am strongly scientific-minded. Thus,…

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Values, Psychology, and the Complex Human Species

What do workplaces look for? Workplace values are guiding principles that lead people to make important decisions and critical career choices. Clearly, the organization’s values set the tone for the company, which leads managers and supervisors picky about choosing and hiring new recruits. Imagine this: you are a manager of a company team. Recently, a…

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Women, Workplace, What?

In today’s society, diversity defines America. No matter where you go, there will be people of multiple backgrounds. Here at Penn State, I’ve met people from China, Brazil, India, and even Thailand! Similarly, there will be diversity in the workplace; but the policies concerning these differences is what concerns me. Diversity in the workplace isn’t…

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