MGT 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Pregnancy Discrimination Act, United States Census Bureau, Civil Rights Act Of 1964
23 Feb 2017
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Chapter 5: managing diverse employees in a multicultural environment. Diversity: dissimilarities or differences among people due to age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, education, experience, physical appearance, capabilities/disabilities, and any other characteristics that is used to distinguish between people. Glass ceiling: a metaphor alluding to the invisible barriers that prevent minorities and women from being promoted to top corporate positions. Women"s median weekly earnings are compared ti for men. Women hold only 14. 6% of corporate of cer positions. Us census bureau treats ethnicity in terms of whether a person is hispanic, latino, or of. Most hispanics prefer to be identi ed by their country of origin. Posting holy days for the different religions on the company calendar. Median age in the united states is 37. 6 years and by 2030 20 percent of the population will be over 65. 1964: title vii of the civil rights act (sex, race, color, nationality, religion).
