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1、CHAPTER5DiversityandEqualEmploymentOpportunityAfteryouhavereadthischapter,youshouldbeableto:●Definediversitymanagement,anddiscusswhatitencompasses.●Differentiateamongdiversitymanagement,equalemploymentopportunity(EEO),andaffirmativeaction.●Discussseveralargumentssupportinga
2、ndopposingaffirmativeaction.●Explainhowtoidentifywhenillegaldiscriminationoccurs,anddefinefivebasicEEOconcepts.●DiscussthekeyprovisionsoftheCivilRightsActof1964,TitleVII,andtheCivilRightsActof1991.●Discussthetwogeneralapproachesthatcanbeusedtocomplywiththe1978UniformGuideli
3、nesonEmployeeSelectionProcedures.●Definevalidityandreliability,andexplainthreeapproachestovalidatingemploymentrequirements.HRTRANSITIONSDiversityandLawEnforcementIthasbecomeclearthathavingamorediversegroupoflawenforcementofficershassomerealadvantages.Lawenforcementtakesplac
4、einmanyvenuesandwithallcitizensregardlessofbackground.Yetlawenforcementofficersasagroupdonotreflectthediversityofthecitizenry.Foryears,policeworkwasseenmostlyasmen’swork—andwhitemenfilledmostofficer’sjobs.Increasinglyithasbecomeclearthathavingamorediversegroupoflawenforceme
5、ntofficershassomerealadvantages,yetmakingthetransitiontothatmorediverseworkforcehaspresentedsomechallenges.Recently,asuspectwashandcuffedinfrontofhisthreeyoungchildrenandbecameagitated,demandinganapology.Themaledeputywhohandcuffedhimwasnotinthemoodfordebate,andtheatmosphere
6、grewverytense.Fifteen-yearpoliceveteranCherylPecksteppedinandcalmlypointedout,“Look,wedon’tknowyou.Wedon’tknowwhatyourintentionsare.”Peck’swordsandfemalepresenceevidentlyreducedtensions.Theresultswerethesame—thesuspectwastakenintocustody—butthecircumstancesweredifferent(and
7、lessthreatening)thankstothefemaleofficer’spresence.Locallawenforcementagenciesbeganhiringwomenintheearly1970s.Theystillemployfewerwomenthanmen,butthenumberofwomenisgrowing.Asurveyof800policedepartmentsthroughouttheUnitedStatesfoundthatabout12%ofnearly600,000officersarefemal
8、e.Earlyon,somefemaleofficersnotedan“overprotective”attitudeonthepartoftheirmalecol
