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A collection of 120 articles excerpts, interviews, essays, and activities focusing on the diversity of the American workplace and maintaining that same diversity of perspective in its editorial choices. For readers interested in groping with the vastness of multicultural opinion and looking for resources and models on which to achieve parity in the workplace, the fieldbook shares information from sources as conservative as Thomas Sowell, progressive as bell hooks, and famous as Colin Powell, covering issues in sexual and racial discrimination, class concerns, and the experiences of the disabled. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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Cultural Diversity Fieldbook brings together examples of the leading thoughts and best practices on one of the most-talked-about business topics: Diversity in the Workplace. More than 150 articles, interviews, essays, and activities are combined with hundreds of resource reviews to provide a rich picture of the complex and diverse culture in which business is conducted.Cultural Diversity Fieldbook is a gold mine of opinions and information. The current realities of this subject are played out within these pages by commentators from across the political and social spectra: conservative views from: Thomas Sowell, Doug Bandow, Charles Krauthammer, Lance Morrow, Walter E. Williams; progressive views from: Jeremy Rifkin, bell hooks, Peter Gabel, Katha Pollitt, Lani Guinier, Lindsy Van Gelder; new interviews with: Roosevelt Thomas, Thomas Kochman, Merlin Pope; and compelling first-person accounts from: Colin Powell, Barbara Ehrenreich, Robert Fulghum, Rita Henley Jensen.Complete with analysis and incisive commentary from the editors - experts and writers in the field - the Cultural Diversity Fieldbook serves as an important resource offering broad coverage of the topic.
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