Question

Describe any issues or conflicts with diversity at work or school you have encountered or have seen in the news. What happened and how was it resolved? (will give thumbs up rating)

Answer 1

There are both advantages and disadvantages for diversity at work or school. The benefits of diversity is that we get to know people from different locations, background, views and ideals. We tend to broaden our perspective and help us venture into new horizons.

But, the negative aspects of diversity are as follows,:

1. Biases amongst individuals
2. Cheating to protect the self interest of people from similar nations or states.
3. Ego issues creep due to difference of opinions
4. Communication problem may occur due to language problem, and so on.

I encountred a problem in office where I worked few years back. There was a person from Southern India who had joined in as a marketing engineer. He was well-heeled in English. But our company and major customer base was located in northern India, where Hindi is most prevalant. Hence initially he had some difficulty in communicating with the clients. But he overcame this, he learnt Hindi language. All colleagues were encouraging and helpful towards him.