Introduction. Diversity refers to the presence of individual human characteristics that make people different from one another (Schermerhorn, Hunt, and Osborn, 2005). Some of these individual human characteristics are demographic differences, such as age, gender, sexual-orientation, race, ethnicity, and religion. Diversity and demographic differences can impact individual behavior by creating discrimination, stereotypes and prejudices in the workplace. In my opinion the differences that impact individual behavior the most are age, gender, sexual-orientation, race, and ethnicity. Age …
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…Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American woman to win a seat in the United States Congress, once said, "In the end anti-Black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing anti-humanism." The struggle continues... References: American Psychological Association. "Answers to Your Questions About Sexual Orientation and Homosexuality." Retrieved on Nov. 4, 2005 from: http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/answers.html#whatis. Fix, Michael E. and Margery Austin Turner (1998) The Role of Testing a National