Thursday, January 14, 2010

Defining Diversity: Beyond Race And Gender : NPR


Defining Diversity: Beyond Race And Gender : NPR: Just about every medium or large U.S. company talks about its dedication to diversity, whether in a prominent section of its Web site or in its corporate mission statement.

But the definition of what, exactly, these firms mean by diversity is often vague.

Only 30 percent of human resources professionals say that their company even has an official definition of diversity, according to a 2007 survey by the Society for Human Resource Management.