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Religious Diversity Management

Janis Arlow. Religious Diversity Management. Objectives. Reflect on our individual perspectives of religious diversity Explain the laws and current issues involving religious diversity for the HRD professional Develop ideas for proactive diversity management

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Religious Diversity Management

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  1. Janis Arlow Religious Diversity Management

  2. Objectives • Reflect on our individual perspectives of religious diversity • Explain the laws and current issues involving religious diversity for the HRD professional • Develop ideas for proactive diversity management • Evaluate this diversity training

  3. Atheism / Agnosticism Religious Relativism / Pluralism Religious Exclusivism / Inclusivism 6 Responses to Religious Diversity

  4. James Madison – 1789Preliminary proposal for the Bill of Rights • “The civil rights of none shall be abridged because of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion be established, nor shall the full and equal rights of conscience be in any manner or in any pretext infringed. • Freedom is not limited to things that do not matter much. That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The test of its substance is the right to differ as to things that touch the heart of the existing order.”

  5. Prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, or national origin Formed the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to administer and enforce Title VII's provisions. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act 1964

  6. Employers must permit employees to engage in religious expression, unless the religious expression would impose an undue hardshipon the employer. Employer has the duty to provide reasonable accommodation whenever an employee notifies the employer that there is a conflict between his or her religious beliefs and a job requirement. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

  7. Defined religion as themoral or ethical beliefs as to what is right and wrong which are sincerely held with the strength of traditional religious views. The fact that no religious group espouses such beliefs or the fact that the religious group to which the individual professes to belong may not accept such belief will not determine whether the belief is a religious belief of the employee. Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972

  8. Current Issues By The Associated Press 01.31.09 LAS VEGAS — An Orthodox Jewish police detective will get $350,000 from the Las Vegas police department to settle a lawsuit after he was prohibited from having a beard and wearing a yarmulke. Kimberly Cloutier vs. Costco – July 29, 2004 eyebrow piercing Because the Church of Body Modification does not require that a piercing remain in the body at all times, Cloutier lost her four-year case. Victory for Christian registrar who refused to carry out gay ‘weddings’ 7/11/10 Lillian Ladele, 47, at Islington council in North London said that she could not carry out the ceremonies as a matter of religious conscience… The decision outraged gay rights campaigners, who said that it “sanctions the right of religious people to discriminate”. Store changes policy on head coverings By Tara Bahrampour Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, November 11, 2010 A Richmond-based convenience-store chain says it has changed its practice of asking customers to remove hoodies and headgear after a Muslim woman complained of being denied service because of her headscarf.

  9. Holidays Food and drink Religious observance Considerations for the future Proactive Diversity Management R A U H E C N A A C D R S O O D O M S N M H A O I B D P L A E T I O N

  10. HRD Text Page 514 Table 15-3 Please take a minute to evaluate my training based on these potential problems with diversity training. Evaluation

  11. http://www.beliefnet.com/Entertainment/Quizzes/BeliefOMatic.aspxhttp://www.beliefnet.com/Entertainment/Quizzes/BeliefOMatic.aspx Assignment

  12. http://commonsenseatheism.com/?p=3245 “6 responses to religious diversity” by lukeprog http://wri.leaderu.com/theology/hick.html “John Hick's Pluralistic Hypotheses and the Problem of Conflicting Truth-Claims” by Keith E. Johnson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zytXVYr6Imw Religious Tolerance_The Golden Rule; Music "Wisdom" - Delerium. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Kh-xzerjE&feature=player_embedded#! Obama’s Speech on Religion http://www.allbusiness.com/human-resources/workplace-health-safety-employment/2975804-1.html Accommodating Religious Beliefs and Practices in the Workplace - Barrie Gross http://www.allbusiness.com/management/3494872-1.html Costco piercing case puts a new face on the issue of wearing religious garb at work By Wellner, Alison Stein. Publication: Workforce Management Wednesday, June 1 2005 http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/index.cfm References

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