Critical Analysis: Workplace Diversity in Human Resource Management

This project offers a critical analysis of the ethical and legal dimensions of workplace diversity within the context of Human Resource Management (HRM). It begins by establishing the significance of diversity in today's globalized organizations, highlighting the ethical concerns and legal obligations associated with managing a diverse workforce. The project identifies key problems such as lack of diversity acceptance, discrimination, and culturally incompetent workplaces. It outlines objectives including evaluating legal and ethical dimensions, reviewing legislative measures, and understanding challenges faced by HR managers. The project's structure includes an introduction, literature review, methodology (using mixed methods), results and analysis, and conclusions. The literature review covers theoretical support, issues in workplace diversity management, and gaps in legal dimensions. The methodology involves both primary (interviews and surveys) and secondary research, with data analysis using descriptive statistics, correlation, and thematic coding. The results present descriptive statistics and correlations, exploring relationships between experience, race/ethnicity, workplace diversity, and other factors. The conclusion emphasizes the ineffectiveness of equal opportunity laws, the importance of strategic managers in supporting ethics, and the prevalence of disguised discrimination. Recommendations include collaborative awareness, stronger regulations, workforce training, and government involvement. The project acknowledges research gaps and suggests future scope for further investigation, including Cronbach alpha testing and larger sample sizes. References to relevant academic articles are provided.

Critical analysis of the ethical and
legal dimensions of workplace
diversity in Human Resource
Management
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Introduction-Background
 In this era of globalisation Every
Organisation is Diverse
 Diversity implies sexual, racial, social,
ethnic and other diversity
 Diversity management is a major ethical
concern
 Legal obligations and Rules are the
pathway

Problem Statement
 Lack of diversity acceptance
 Discrimination and Biased culture
 Culturally incompetent workplace culture
 High Turnover
 Lack of employee engagement
 Legal objections
 Workforce complains

Introduction-Purpose
Finding the relevance of ethical and legal dimensions in
accommodating a culturally diverse workplace that
ultimately helps in gaining competitive advantage and
market sustainability. For better comprehension of the
study ethical and legal dimensions are separated and
each is considered for discussion individually.

Introduction-Objectives
 To evaluate the legal dimensions that are required for accommodating a
diverse workforce from the perspective of a human resource manager.
 To understand the ethical dimensions of accommodating a diverse
workforce from the perspective of a human resource manager.
 To review the legislative measures prior to the accommodation of a
diverse workforce.
 To review the ethical dimensions prior to the accommodation of a diverse
workforce.
 To understand the problems that a human resource manager might face
while accommodating a diverse workforce.

Introduction- Significance
• Provide an actual scenario of legal and ethical dimensions of
workplace diversity in an organization.
• Provide direction of how effectiveness of policy
implementation
• Examine challenges and issues can be mitigated holistically.
• Better understanding of the various areas a HR manager

Introduction- Structure
Chapte
r 1• Introduction
Chapte
r 2• Literature Review
Chapte
r 3• Methodology
Chapte
r 4• Results and Analysis
Chapte
r 5• Conclusion and Recommendations

Literature Review
• Reviewing Articles
• Reviewing previous researches
• Reviewing previous published reports
• Reviewing books
• Reviewing online resource

Literature Review – Points Covered
• Theoretical support
• Issues in workplace diversity management
• Evaluation and review of the Ethical dimensions from the
perspective of a human resource manager
• Gaps in legal dimensions in diverse workforce and impact on
business

Literature Review – Summary
Diversity actually enriches the company culture and
increase long term sustainability of the organization. The
ethical climate is associated with different positive attitudes
towards work, such as commitment to organization and job
satisfaction. The core functionalities of Human resource
management include job design and analysis, recruitment and
selection, workforce planning, training and development,
performance management, compensation and benefits and
other statutory and legal aspects management in regard to
employment. many organizational policies, including
promotion, development and placement, create various
psychological environments that generate different levels of
turnover between organisations

Methodology
• Positivism
PhilosophyPhilosophy
• Deductive
ApproachApproach
• Exploratory
Mixed MethodDesign

Methodology- Data Collection
• Interviewing
Managers
• Online Survey
Primary
Research
• Literature Review
Secondary
Research