Diversity - ANSWER Real or perceived differences among people in race,
ethnicity, sex, age, physical and mental ability, sexual orientation, religion,
work and family status, weight and appearance, social class, and other
identity-based areas that affect their experiences, outcomes, and
opportunities in organizations and society
Identity Groups - ANSWER Collectivities people use to categorize themselves
and others
Employment Discrimination - ANSWER Personal characteristics of applicants
and workers that are unrelated to productivity are valued in the labor market
Access Discrimination - ANSWER People are denied employment
opportunities or "access" to jobs because of their group memberships
Treatment Discrimination - ANSWER People are employed but are treated
unfairly on the job, receiving fewer rewards, resources, or opportunities than
they should receive based on job-related criteria
Productive Characteristics - ANSWER Performance, education, skills, and
tenure, have different experiences because of factors such as race, ethnic
origin, sex, age, physical ability, religion, and immigrant status
Inclusion - ANSWER The degree to which "different voices of a diverse
workforce are respected and heard."
Ethnicity - ANSWER Shared national origin or a shared cultural heritage
, Consumer Racial Profiling - ANSWER "Differential treatment of consumers in
the marketplace based on race/ethnicity that constitutes denial of or
degradation in the products and/or services that are offered to the
consumer."
Diversity Climate - ANSWER "The tone set by the organization and sensed by
its members regarding the value and role of diversity, including the degree to
which it advocates fair human resource policies and socially integrates
underrepresented employees."
Participation Rate - ANSWER The ratio of persons age 16 and over who are
working or looking for work divided by the population of persons age 16 and
over
Discouraged Workers - ANSWER Those who want to work but have given up
searching for employment because they believe there are no jobs available to
them, are not included in the official rates
Underemployed - ANSWER Workers employed at less than their full
employment potential, including those working part-time, temporary, or
intermittent jobs but desiring regular, full-time work; those working for
lower wages than their skills would imply or in positions requiring
considerably lower skills than they possess; and those involuntarily working
outside their fields
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