4. "Affirmative action programs do nothing but make it harder for qualified white males to get jobs. Fear of discrimination aganst majority group members 5. "Why are we wasting time at LGBTQ sensitivity training? We should be attending to our real work." 6. "This job requires an employee who can finesse deals with groups of predominantly Japanese men. Anyone other than a Japanese male won't have the right background to be able to win the trust of potential clients." 7. "This organization doesn't value ethnic diversity. It only cares about creating the false impression that it values ethnic diversity so that outsiders will think more positively about it. 8. "If we hire too many Hispanic employees, pretty soon Caucasians won't have a chance to succeed here, even if they are more qualified. 9. "We technically have a paternity leave policy on the books, but men here know that actually using that leave is frowned upon. 10. "Working mothers in this company have to choose between doing what it takes to get high performance evaluations and attending to their children's needs." 11. "There's ageism at this job everywhere I turn. From the twenty-somethings taking over the boardroom to the constant joking about how anyone over fifty is a dinosaur in the digital age, a person who isn't young is never allowed to forget it here." 12. "Employees don't need to be rewarded at annual review time for engaging in diversity efforts. They should be rewarded on objective job performance plain and simple." Barriers to Diversity Organizations face many barriers and obstacles to effectively increasing and embracing diversity in their workplaces. Some of these barriers stem from people in the organization who are resistant to changing the organization to make it more diverse This activity is important because resistance to this type of change is an attitude that managers will come up against frequently, and managers need to be able to recognize when this occurs so that they can manage the organization and its employees through this necessary and very important type of change The goal of this activity is to challenge your knowledge of the barriers to diversity The following represent hypothetical statements made by people in organizations. For each statement, select the specific barrier to diversity that the example best depicts 1. "Minorities here know that the company doesn't truly care about them. When our workers from underrepresented groups get offers from companies that offer true support to their minority workers, they take those jobs immediately A negative diversity climate Click to select) work and giving the company my all because of the incessant offensive comments, Stereotypes and prejudices ne this place" Fear of discrimination against majority group members of their work won't be up to the standards we adhere to in our culture because they Resistance to diversity program priorities A negative diversity climate ke it harder for qualified white males to get jobs. Lack of support for family demands A hostile work environment for diverse employees training? We should be attending to our real work