rasicm in the workplace

Racism has always been a major issue in the workplace. Some is just rude comments made in ears distance of others; some are comments or gestures made toward an individual. Catching it early or preventing it from ever happening is hard to do, but it is possible. According to Aaron Bernstein, “there are on average of 9,000 cases of racism filed since 1990”.(par 5). And in the year of 2002 there were 29,910 reported cases (EEOC). With modern day work groups this seems like an awfully high amount. How we control the business area and management can dramatically cut back on these numbers. Active polices and procedures should be a required step in fighting racism. Five ways to do this are stated by Eugenie Houston in “Combat racism in your work place”
The ways to ensure your policies and procedures send a clear equality message is to; 1) Send a clear message that racism will not be tolerated in the workplace, and make an open...