Negative Attitudes

• Negative attitudes in the workplace are a big diversity issue. When employees of other races, ethnicities and backgrounds work together, prejudice and stereotyping can occur. This form of discrimination should never be used by management or human resources when dealing with an employee in the hiring or firing stage. When negative attitudes occur for these reasons, the employer should resolve the issues between employees to rectify the situation or the employer will have an intense working environment, a high turnover rate or civil law suits being filed.
  
  

Equal Pay

• Men and women working in the same company doing the same job should be paid the same pay, according to the Equal Pay Act. There are some qualifications such as education and job experience that play a factor when it comes to employees being paid on a different pay scale for the same position. However, when both employees have equivalent education and job skills, the pay should be equal or diversity issues could arise.
  
  

Religious and Political Beliefs

• The religious and political beliefs of employers and employees can be a diversity issue in the workplace. Employers, employees and others in the working environment are entitled to their own religious and political beliefs. To keep discrimination from occurring, an employer needs to mandate that employees cannot force their political choices and religious faiths onto other employees. An employee that is Catholic can work with a Baptist Christian because the two should do the work of the company and leave religious faiths outside of the workplace.
  
  

Affirmative Action

• Affirmative action is looked upon as a diversity issue in the workplace. Some employers hire employees that are from minority groups to satisfy affirmative action. However, if every employee was looked at for the qualifications he has, affirmative action would not be necessary. Some employees feel that they are being passed up for a promotion or position because of affirmative action. This could be an issue in a workplace that is not diversified for the right reasons.
  
  

Sexual Harassment

• Sexism in the workplace is a form of harassment that can be a diversity issue. Female employees, for example, should not be hired for the workplace as eye candy for men but because of the skills and talent they possess. If a woman is capable of a promotion but overlooked because she is a woman, this is a diversity issue. All qualified candidates have to be given an equal opportunity when applying or being hired for a position.