SOCS350 Week 1 Discussion Latest 2019 JULY

SOCS350 Cultural Diversity in the Professions

Week 1 Discussion

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Required
Resources

Read/review
the following resources for this activity:

Textbook:
Section 1; Integrative Questions for Section 1

Lesson

Minimum of
1 scholarly source

Scenario

Your
hospital is in need of someone to fill a new position. The spot calls for some
very specific skills, education, and experience, but you happen to have an old
friend who exactly fits the bill. In addition, he has mentioned to you that he
feels it is time to make a change and has been contemplating looking for a new
job. You give him a call and he said that he is very interested, so you call
the head of the department in question and tell him about your friend. The
department head is very excited and tells you to have him call for an
interview. You do and everything seems fine. Several weeks pass and your friend
calls you and asks if you have any idea what happened with the job. He
interviewed and everything went well, but he never heard back and just learned
that the position had been filled with someone who has no experience and a much
different background. You call the department head and relay the question.
After some hemming and hawing, the department head makes some vague statement
about your friend not being a “good fit.” He was afraid that your
friend’s “accent” might make it difficult for him to be understood,
and he was concerned about his work ethic since he came from a cultural
background that has a more “laidback” work ethic. You hang up and
think about it. Your friend is from Jamaica and does have an accent and very
relaxed personality, but is certainly not lazy. Then you realize that he is
also a minority and that this particular department not only has no minority employees,
but never has had one.

Initial
Post Instructions

For the
initial post, address the following:

Is the
department head being ethnocentric or prejudiced?

What do you
do?

Do you tell
your friend what you were told?

Do you call
someone higher up and express your concerns?

Do you do
nothing at all?

How would
you address diversity with the department head in future conversations?

What
suggestions would you make to your own department head about diversity?