workplace diversity
Mixed employee backgrounds
Workplace diversity refers to the variety of differences among people in an organization—race, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, education, and national origin among them.
The term emerged in corporate and HR contexts during the late 20th century as companies began emphasizing inclusive hiring practices: Our workplace diversity initiative aims to recruit from underrepresented communities.
Critics sometimes dismiss diversity efforts as performative.
- disabilityImpairment affecting life activities
- genderSocial identity category
- ethnicityShared cultural heritage group
- intersectionalityInterconnected identity-based discrimination study
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
diverse voices · seat at the table · race · unconscious bias · equity · equal opportunity · level playing field · nationality · age · leadership styles · accessibility · creativity · affirmative action · belonging · safe space · inclusive language · representation · socioeconomic status
- HRhiring, human resources, recruiting, HR, onboarding
- ageismageism, age discrimination, elder abuse, elder neglect, adultism
- sexismsexism, gender discrimination, sex discrimination, gender bias, male privilege
- social equityracial justice, disability rights, racial equity, intersectionality, minority rights
- social justiceracial justice, privilege, white privilege, economic justice, equal opportunity
- Workplace Discriminationage discrimination, disability discrimination, equal pay, gender bias, pregnancy discrimination
workplace diversityhomogeneity
State of sameness throughout
uniformity · monoculture · sameness · conformity · insularity
workplace diversityexclusion
Being barred from participation
workplace discrimination · segregation · discrimination · hiring discrimination · old boys' network