This enourmous amounts of money should send a message to companies that something very strategically towards favoring diversity must be implemented. The have to understand that in order for these types of lawsuits not to take place, a better treatment towards employees and the right management tools can prevent such monetary losses. .
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Companies have now a several tasks to perform in order to accommodate such changes. "As increasing numbers of African Americans, Hispanics, Asians, Native Americans, and other racial and ethnic minority groups enter the work force, organizations must confront cultural differences as the norm in organizational life- (Fine Intro). Companies must study the situation at hand in order to facilitate and accommodate such changes. In a more detail description "One of every four employees is a person of color nearly one of three employees is a women- (Wheeler 19). The statistics are an important tool to really understanding the changes and modifications that the American work force is dealing with. This also illustrates the important in the changes of management throughout the country. .
Many reports and studies have been taking place. "From the mid 1960's through the 1970's, public and private organizations put into place a variety of policies and programs intended to increase the representation of minorities- ( Fine 111). These reports helped made important changes in how companies were preparing for the growing diversity during that period of time. They helped understand the multiculturalism and diversity that the American workforce was experiencing, therefore making companies aware of it.
One of the most important reports was published during the late 80's. "Most observers mark the publication of the Hudson Institute's Workforce 2000 (Johnston & Packard, 1987) as the beginning of the cultural diversity efforts in U.S. corporations- (Fine 113).
