For each of the following ten statements you are required to indicate honestly and fully the extent to which you:

1. Believe in managing diversity for moral and social reasons.

2. Are happy mixing with people from different cultures.

3. Resist stereotyping or profiling individuals into general categories of people.

4. Show patience and understanding when dealing with people whose English language is limited.

5. Accept that positive discrimination can sometimes be fully justified.

6. View diversity as distinctly different from political correctness.

7. Enjoy learning about different cultures and values.

8. Believe that diversity enriches the working lives of all employees.

9. Feel comfortable working closely with a colleague who has a different sexual orientation.

10. Are prepared to take orders from someone much younger or much older than yourself, or from the opposite gender.

Discussion

After completing the questionnaire, pair with a colleague – where possible with a different ethnicity, culture, gender or age group – and compare and discuss critically both sets of responses.

■ What does this exercise say about your awareness of, and adaptability, to diversity?

■ To what extent were you surprised by the responses or comments from your colleague?

■ What conclusions have you drawn from this exercise?