For this week's assignment, you will create a diversity statement for an organization of your choice. It may be based on a company you have worked with in the past, are working for currently, or hope to work for in the future. Background: As you have been learning throughout this course, organizations are increasingly showing a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The civil rights and women's movements altered the political and corporate fields, creating an expectation of equal opportunity. Federal legislation encouraged organizations to end employment discrimination, and studies show that they responded positively to these incentives by creating additional opportunities for underrepresented groups (Herring, 2009). Why value diversity? Valuing diversity means valuing, respecting, and appreciating the differences (such as age, culture, education, ethnicity, experience, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, appearance, and others) that make people unique (Harvey