Diversity in the workplace is becoming more and more prevalent.

Corporations in all industries are encouraging minorities, women, elderly

workers, people with disabilities as well as foreign workers to join the dominant workforce in the workplace.

Diversity of the workforce is clearly here to stay. Business owners and managers, experts say, will still need to maintain or step up efforts to recruit and advance ethnic minorities in the year 2003 and beyond. Essentially, because having a diverse work force

When we talk about diversity we mean all the differences between people, whether they are gender, religion, race or any other differences. In other words, diversity relates to gender, age, language, ethnicity, cultural background, sexual orientation, religious belief and family responsibility. Diversity also refers to the ways we are different in other respects such as educational level, work experience, socio-economic background, personality profile, geographic location, marital status and whether or not one has career responsibilities. (Rice Jr., Booker 2000).

Many believe that diversity in the workplace will prove profitable, in

While where has been some progress in helping diversify our workforce

A direct link between good diversity policies and improved performance was revealed in a survey of more than a hundred of the UK's leading organizations in the public and private sectors. The research was funded by the Cabinet Office and Barclays Bank, and conducted by the specialist consultancy Schneider-Ross. The link between diversity and performance was recognized by 87% of organizations in the public sector and by 71% in the private sector. The survey showed that an effective diversity policy is not just 'nice to have', but that it plays a significant part in helping organizations to meet their challenges. It is valuable in attracting the brightest and best of people from all backgrounds, bringing a richness of experience and knowledge to the workplace, and improving understanding of increasingly diverse customer base. (Butler, Kate 1999 p.54)

Yet there is still much work to be done and it is only through

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