$5.$ Diversity principles

You are attending a training session on the principles that will help you do a better job of managing a new company$-$wide diversity program. You are going through an exercise in which you are given two statements and asked to pick the one that effectively illustrates one of these principles. Here is one set of statements:

Statement $1$

Implementing a diversity program means that you are creating an equal opportunity environment, which allows you to disregard federal and state laws on the matter.

Statement $2$

Even though this diversity program will promote a more diverse and integrated work environment, you will still need to adhere to all federal and state laws regarding equal opportunity employment.

You should chooseStatement $2$ as the more appropriate strategy for managing diversity, since it is an example of $.$