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What is Diversity Management according to DoDD 1020.02E?
- It focuses on prevention and/or correcting discriminatory practices concerned with numbers of
minorities and women.
- It is an attempt to rectify past
discrimination against certain groups of people.
- It requires that organizations affirmatively
seek them out. H
- It does not set goals or require that individuals be hired. - Diversity Management -
What is Affirmative Action?
- Is based upon policy and shall:
-a. Promote an environment free from personal, social, or institutional barriers that prevent
Service members from rising to the highest level of responsibility possible.
-b. The chain of command is the primary and preferred channel for identifying and correcting
discriminatory practices.
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-c. resolve EO problems through formulating, maintaining, and reviewing affirmative action
plans (AAP) with established objectives and milestones, including accountability in personnel
management, consistent with DoD Instruction.
-d. Provide periodic, mandatory education and training in EO human relations
-e. Ensure that all on/off-base military activities are available to all military personnel and their
families regardless of race, color, religion, age, physical or mental
disability.- - Diversity Management -
What is Equal Opportunity (Military Equal Opportunity or MEO)?
- It is based upon law and shall:
-a. Be maintained within the DoD as an essential element of readiness vital to the
accomplishment of the DoD national security mission.
-b. Develop and implement programs to promote diversity and ensure EEO in the DoD civilian
workforce.
-c. Ensure civilian EEO program activities are integrated fully into the civilian personnel
management and data systems.
-d. Prohibit unlawful employment discrimination based on race, sex (including pregnancy,
gender identity, and sexual orientation when based on sex stereotyping), color, national origin,
age, religion, disability, genetic information, or reprisal for previous EEO activity
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-e. Identify and eliminate barriers and practices that impede EEO
-f. Identify and eliminate barriers at work sites, including architectural, transportation, and other
barriers affecting people with disabilities. - Diversity Management -
What is Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)?
- In August 2011, Executive Order 13583 was signed into order by the President of the United
States in order to promote the Federal workplace as a model of equal opportunity, diversity, and
inclusion. - Diversity Management -
What is the Diversity Management Policy?
1) Managing diversity focuses on maximizing the ability of all employees to contribute to
organizational goals. Affirmative action focuses on specific groups because of
historical discrimination, such as people of color and women.
2) Affirmative action emphasizes legal necessity and social responsibility, but managing
diversity emphasizes business necessity.
3) In short, while managing diversity is also concerned with under representation of women and
people of color in the workforce, it is much more inclusive and
acknowledges that diversity must work for everyone. - Diversity Management -
How is Managing Diversity different from Affirmative Action?
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"To realize more fully the goal of using the talents of all segments of society, the Federal
Government must continue to challenge itself to enhance its ability to recruit, hire, promote, and
retain a more diverse workforce. - Diversity Management -
What is the U.S. Federal Government statement.?
-a. Increases management skills to meet rapidly changing market conditions, reduce turnover,
increase productivity, and improve image, reputation and brand
-b. Strengthens advocacy competence and confidence for addressing issues
-c. Builds trust with all team members
-d. Sharpens skills to inform, inspire and initiate conversations to involve all team members
in the inclusion process
-e. Fosters team work innovation by advancing, refining and implementing creative ideas-
- Diversity Management -
What are some Workplace Benefits of having Diversity in the Workplace
?
a. Advances in ___________________ and the advent of a global economy are bringing the
people of