Assignment:
Answer the question thoroughly and explain:
Question 1. List and discuss the six areas that Cox and Blake proposed as reasons for valuing diversity. What else can be given as reasons for valuing diversity?
Question 2. Begin observing diversity in your work, school, neighborhood, religious, and/or entertainment environments. What is the racial, ethnic, gender and age distribution of the people in each of these environments? What do you observe that you may not have noticed were you not investigating diversity in organizations? Explain.
Question 3. Locate a newspaper that has an executive or business section that includes "promotions," "executive changes," or other career moves. If there are photos of the people involved, list their race, ethnicity, and sex. If names only are provided, determine the sex of the person, where possible. What observations can you make from your list?
Question 4. As a powerful group, elected officials affect the life chances of the populace. How are elected officials in the area where you live similar to or different demographically from the population in that area?