新视野商务英语综合教程4（第二版）Unit 8 教师用书.docx

Unit8WorkplaceDiversity

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Diversityintheworkplacemeanshavingagroupofemployeeswithawiderangeofdifferentbackgroundsintermsofrace,age,gender,andothercharacteristics.

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Diversityisabroadtermthatreferstoawiderangeofdifferencesingender,age,race,disabilityorcondition,sexualorientation,religionornationality.Relatingtotheworkplace,diversitysimplymeansthatthepopulationintheworkplaceisnothomogeneous.

Diversityisimportanttocompaniesbecausewithadiverseenvironmentpeoplecanbenefitandlearnfromothers’ideas.

Moredetailedanswer:

Diversityrespectsthedifferencesamongotherpeople.

Diversityencouragesnewideasandperspectivesondoingourwork.

Diversitypromotesfairness,andfairnessallowseveryonetocontributeandshareinsuccess.

Diversityhelpscreateastronger,moreunified,andmoresuccessfulorganizationthatwillbenefiteveryone.

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Diversityisimportantintoday’sbusinessenvironmentforseveralreasons,includingthenecessityofcompliancewithanti-discriminationlaws,anincreasinglymulticulturalworldandtherecognitionthatdifferentperspectivesareimportant.Withincreaseddiversitycomesanincreaseinperspectives.Peoplefromdifferentreligious,cultural,nationalorracialbackgroundsmayhavedifferentexperiencesthatprovidethemwithuniqueperspectivesonsolvingproblems,attractingcustomersandinteractingwithco-workers.Thesefreshperspectivesandideasmayhelpabusinesstogrowandexpandinexcitingnewdirections.Diversitydrivesinnovation.

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BackgroundInformation

GenerationY(orMillennialGeneration)isthedemographiccohortfollowingGenerationX.Therearenoprecisedateswhenthegenerationstartsandends.Researchersandcommentatorsusebirthyearsrangingfromtheearly1980stotheearly2000s.

GenerationXreferstothegenerationbornaftertheWesternPost–WorldW