1. In relation to your chosen workplace / place of learning, provide examples of policies / codes of conduct that encourage and / or protect equality and diversity. Equality and Diversity are important in the Workforce as they underpin how an organisation delivers its services and helps to develop its workforce. Equality is based on the legal obligation to comply with anti-discrimination legislation. Equality protects people from being discriminated against on the grounds of group membership i.e.
Shuzworld will be able to accomplish this by equalizing the task times at the company’s work stations in order to ensure that employee time is maximized to its full potential. This can be accomplished by organizing employees into work cells that focus primarily on the product they are working on. By focusing on the product within the work cell, the company will be able to make better use of the production floor, as well as reduce the amount of direct labor required while increasing the sense of participation by employees. This will translate into higher rates of productivity on the assembly lines. One way to improve the work area for the employees is to create work cells that enable employees to communicate with each other in a simpler fashion, as well as have employees cross trained so that they can intervene and assist when necessary.
Lincoln is an anomaly. Most presidents did not wield expansive powers until FDR. His “New Deal” created many federal programs to remedy the devastating effects of the depression. There was record high unemployment, poverty and hopelessness. Veterans came and set up camp in DC and planned to stay until they were given money to feed their families.
There are many differences and similarities that the United States and Mexico has to offer. There are many varieties that they have; one is the crime aspect. This is important because people have to feel safe in the country they life in. Another thing is the culture and the traditions that each country has to offer. Mexico is very well known for its dramatic decorations had it has.
After the conquest and through the declined of the natives surrounding their overworked and poorer conditions, Spaniards did but little to care at the expense of their wealth. Bartolome de las Casas and the New Laws reduced this labor system which angered in part the encomenderos who through civil wars and lack of heirs had their encomiendas reverted to the crown. The repartimiento/mita which is a labor draft within the Inca Empire was changed to a forced labor draft for the Spaniards in order to mine, obraje labor, and agricultural surplus. Negatively speaking, it was an easy faster way to make Spaniards rich. Natives were used to a monetary system and were unconsciously willing to work in order to meet this new type of payments.
Culture, on the other hand, is frequently defined as the integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior. For most of us, the media is a significant influence upon our view of the world. The media is a primary source of information, which augments and alters the knowledge that we gain through more direct experience. Of necessity, this media view will always be a distorted one. The ramifications of this distortion can have very
Japanese ancestry was told to move out of the region themselves. Lots moved out of the “vital coast” areas but suspicions grew from America about the Japanese loyalty and this was the cause of unforeseen difficulties. On March 27, 1942 the army brought forth a forced and orderly evacuation. (Okubo 12) In the near future, the Unites Stated began rounding up the Japanese. They were told to “bring work clothes suited for pioneer life” (Yancey 15) Mine Okubo’s family was one of the first families to be relocated to these internment camps.
Companies should have as part of their policy strategies to ensure that women and minorities are represented in all managerial positions and the company should hold management accountable for having a diverse management team. Management on all levels should have an on-going commitment to diversity training. This training will instill in them, the importance of having a diverse workplace and the company will be better able to serve a market of diverse consumers. In a diverse working environment there are different perspectives, acknowledging that, management will improve the performance of the employees. Employees may understand their own feelings and attitudes about people who are different from themselves.
Americans are growing further and further apart when it comes to money, and this is contributing to the major problems like: unemployment, education, and inequality. Obama wants to become a model citizen for our country, so we may follow his lead and better our country through
Debating Illegal Immigration Trying to figure out an issue that has been affecting the United States for many years we ask ourselves does illegal immigration really affect our everyday lives? Although many of us have very different views about this issue it’s very hard to come to try and figure out what works best. Some of us come from families whose parents were illegal immigrants at one point and then became citizens of the United States. This is something that affects not only Latino families but many different races in the world trying to get into the United States illegally for a better life and a better future for our families. So much news surrounds us about how this has been a problem with many different laws in the country so