Diversity Guide

Phrases such as females and minorities, people of color and females, diverse employees, and diversity candidates are used interchangeably throughout this Diversity Guide to convey the essence of the non-white-male component of a diverse workforce. 

The purpose of ASCE s Diversity Guide is to provide practical, hands-on suggestions for how to foster, improve, and maintain a diverse and thriving workforce within the civil engineering profession. The Diversity Guide follows, and is a companion to a number of important ASCE initiatives undertaken to better understand and highlight the issues of workplace diversity. 

This Diversity Guide presents aspects of the current civil engineering workplace that are not conducive to diversity, and then gives practical suggestions based on lessons learned from individuals and organizations in the profession for how to create a more diverse workplace. The Guide has been organized as follows. 

For the purposes of this Diversity Guide, ASCE has defined a diverse workforce to include engineers and technical professionals who are - in... 

It s easy to fall into stereotypes when discussing cross-gender communications, and just as easy to find exceptions to every stereotype. A full discussion of cross-gender communications styles is well beyond the scope of this Diversity Guide. However, in the interest of promoting a civil engineering workplace that feels productive to both males and females, here are a few observations. 

Several organizations interviewed for this Diversity Guide also allow engineers with a proven track record to take a leave of absence for personal reasons, such as working on volunteer projects for a non-profit organization or pursue a particular personal project. 

Not only is sexual harassment potentially detrimental to a worker s productivity and well-being, it can have potentially expensive legal consequences for the perpetrator and the company as well, if a worker files a harassment-related lawsuit. Laws pertaining to sexual harassment vary from state to state the full range of requirements is beyond the scope of this Diversity Guide. 

Numerous applications for biocides have been found in fields as diverse as ethical pharmaceuticals and cat litter products. The aim of this Cl book is two-fold to provide a comprehensive guide to the use of biocides across a range of applications and to aid in the selection of a biocide that is "fit for purpose". It covers a Cl cross-section of traditional measures, novel ideas and innovative developments, as well as addressing the biocides market, the political outlook and future trends of biocide use. 

Bailey DS et al. New tools for quantifying molecular diversity. Pharmainfor-matics A Trends Guide 1999 4 6-9. 

United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, 1992. http //www.biodiv. org/doc/publications/guide.asp... 

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