Getting Started

During the course of your graduate program of study, you will be

introduced to many business disciplines requiring many types of

insight and decisions. Listening to the words of many different people who speak the different languages of their discipline and

their culture will be necessary. As we listen and make business

decisions, our moral and ethical foundation must be

preeminent. Developing a personal ethical statement is the first step in making ethical decisions.

Throughout this course, you will be working on the various

components of your personal ethics framework. These pre-writing

assessments and assignments will help you measure performance

with respect to important ethical behaviors, skills, or concepts

discussed throughout the course. These pre-writing assignments

are essential to your final paper due in Workshop Six.

Upon successful completion of this assignment, you will be

able to:

● Examine organizational cultures that promote ethical behavior.

● Explain the most common types of workplace discrimination. ● Evaluate ethical behavior when legal and ethical

requirements conflict in a cross-cultural environment.

● Evaluate one’s personal ethical standards and create a personal/professional framework to guide decision making

compatible with a Christian world-view.

Resources

● Article: Defining Diversity: Beyond Race and Gender

● Ted Talk: The Dangers of a Single Story ● Textbook: ​Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership

Background Information

Diversity is an increasingly important issue for businesses to

consider. The combination of changing demographics and

globalization is forcing every business to consider how

management must change as the workforce and customer base

becomes more diverse. The word diversity means “different,” the

condition of having or being composed of differing elements or

qualities. We all develop our own assumptions about those around

us based on their gender, ethnicity, religion, race, or disability. It

is important that we understand recognizing the difference is done

all the time and is acceptable. The problem arises when dissimilar

people are treated as inferior or excluded.

Many laws have been put in place to help alleviate discrimination

in the workplace. Here are a few examples:

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Equal Employment

Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

Pregnancy Discrimination Act

Equal Pay Act

Instructions

1. Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria

for earning your grade.

2. Read Chapter 11 in Meeting the Ethical Challenge of

Leadership textbook.

3. Read Article: ​Defining Diversity: Beyond Race And Gender​. 4. Watch the Ted Talk: ​The Dangers of a Single Story​. 5. With clear, insightful critical thinking, reflect and answer the

following questions.

a. In your own words, how does a “single story”

(explained in the Ted Talk “The Danger of a Single

Story”) emphasize how we are different rather than

how we are similar?

b. What dangers does this notion of a “single story”

produce for you personally and in the workplace when

understanding diversity?

c. Explore one of the laws mentioned in the background

section and discuss briefly how this law helps protect

members of this population?

d. In what ways can you broaden your sense of diversity?

6. Your reflection should be between 450 and 700 words and

include at least two scholarly sources. Be sure to use correct

spelling, grammar, and APA format in the paper. For questions

on APA style, go to ​OCLS APA Writing Styles Guide​. a. Note: cover pages, academic sources, reference pages,

etc. do not count towards the word length requirement

in your paper. Remember the work you do here will

benefit you in completing your final paper in Workshop

Six.

7. When you have completed your assignment, save a copy for

yourself (name your assignment

“LastName_Ethics_Diversity”) and submit a copy through the

Assignment Submission Page by the end of the workshop.