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Social Media Policies On The Wrong Side Of A Diversity Issue: If you are involved in any Social Media sites at all, particularly Facebook or Twitter, one topic that's all the rage is the issue of prospective employers having the ability to access the Facebook pages of applicants. Privacy issues aside (and that is a pretty big "aside" for me), any company that engages in this policy is putting themselves on the wrong side of a diversity issue, if not an outright discrimination issue. read more
April 23,2012 by Michelle T. Johnson
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Lin-sanity and Racial Juxtaposition: People have excessively harped on Lin’s success in the NBA, in great part because Chinese is not the first ethnic group that comes to mind when thinking of professional basketball players. This takes us right to my theory of racial juxtaposition, which I would define as the American obsession with constantly defining and redefining racial “norms”— and finding it notable when someone is a success outside of the so-called norm. read more
February 29,2012 by Michelle T. Johnson 1
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Neural Pathways at Work: How Our Brains Deal with Diversity: How we view and handle workplace diversity may not be rocket science, but it does have scientific support through the study of the human brain and neuroplasticity which impacts how we view others. read more
January 19,2012 by Michelle T. Johnson 1
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What HR Can Learn about Diversity from "Angry Birds": I'm a huge believer that life is just one big metaphor. A metaphor explained by a good analogy. On a long recent train trip without access to WiFi, it hit me that the game Angry Birds is a lot like workplace diversity. read more
December 1,2011 by Michelle T. Johnson 0
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Buying into Diversity: A recent study said that 38 percent of people would rather see a co-worker fired than take a pay cut themselves. That’s pretty much two out of five people who put their own inconvenience over the potential devastation of another. read more
October 26,2011 by Michelle T. Johnson 2
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Revision Television: Seperating Fact From Fiction: America has gone all warm and fuzzy and retro. All you have to do is watch the upcoming TV lineup and see what has been tops at the box... read more
September 1,2011 by Michelle T. Johnson 1
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Should A Diversity Checklist Be On Your To-Do List?: To some, it will look like an Orwellian attempt to monitor how people live. But really, a diversity checklist is a painless way to encourage people to be open to the differences of others, with the hope that this transfers into accepting differences in the workplace. read more
August 2,2011 by Michelle T. Johnson 0
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Diversity's "Digital Divide": I have a close friend-- I’ll call him Kevin-- who could be the poster child of stable, long-term employability. He’s in the dominant demographic of every category you can think of, except for one little thing... read more
June 29,2011 by Michelle T. Johnson 0
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The Politics of Pantyhose: The politics of pantyhose. The philosophy of flip-flops. The tyranny of the tie. However you want to accessorize it, workplace dress codes and how people interpret them can... read more
May 31,2011 by Michelle T. Johnson 0
workplace dress code | dress code and diversity | professional attire
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