Question

In today’s workforce there are a number of serious social issues that appear in the work environment that should be addressed immediately. Serious issues include diversity, sensitivity, sexual harassment, discrimination, fairness and equity in hiring and advancement, accommodation of individuals with disabilities as well as safety training.

Why are these issues of critical importance in the workplace?

As an organizational leader, what strategies would you implement to ensure that each issue is addressed appropriately within your organization?

As a manager, what role would training have in your departmental strategy?

Predict ramifications for failure to address these social issues in the workplace.

This need to 250-word count,

Answer 1

Yes, the above-mentioned issues are of critical importance because any organization that needs to be good, should have a well balanced culture. By a well-balanced culture, I mean that there should be equal opportunities for all regardless of caste, creed, religion, race, gender, abilities in terms of disabled, rather to put it correctly differently abled individuals. In order to have a good working condition in any organization one needs eradicate these prejudices and create such an ambience for its employees where they feel wanted and connected.

As an organizational leader, the first and foremost thing that I would want to do is hire people based completely on their merit rather anything else. Because it’s the merit of an individual which is going to help the company achieve new & better standards. Further provide them with adequate training required to perform certain tasks and help them in their growth. A company is known by its employees. The day we start believing this notion and strive to make better employees, that day we will achieve new heights for the company. Employees should be treated with respect and given equal opportunity. This connects an individual to the company.

As a manager, I feel training would provide the necessary platform to the employee to feel equipped for the role. Training will enhance the skills of the employee and thereby preparing the individual to take up responsible positions and think differently. This is specifically important because training helps the employees to add new skill sets to their potential, thereby helping to create better avenues to attend the issues at hand.

Failure to eradicate such issues can cause unrest in the general ambience of the company. This will further lead to dissent, apathy and so on. It will hamper the vision, mission and goal of the company, in large, affecting the profits of the company.