Diverse Workforce

      Topic Summary: You are a manager at a large company that deals extensively with the clients one-on-one. Upper management recently updated its dress code policy to prohibit employees from wearing any visible religious symbols or attire while on duty, citing concerns about professionalism and neutrality in the workplace with clients. However, you have a very diverse workforce and several employees have expressed concerns that the policy unfairly targets them and violates their right to practice their religion freely. Among your employees, you have the following: • Zoroastrians wearing the kusti. • Jews wearing the yarmulke or kippah. • Christians with crosses as a part of visible piercings. • Muslims wearing hijab. • Sikhs with turbans and kirpans. You bring these concerns to upper management, where they task you with proposing potential solutions to address the conflict and ensure that the company's dress code policy is respectful of religious diversity while still maintaining a professional work environment with the clients. They ask you to propose 2 solutions, including how each would affect those who make up the 5 religious groups represented in the company. Finally, they want you to identify the solution you think is best, including the weaknesses and potential outcomes. In support of your conversation, you are required to provide three (3) quotes from the textbook that are related to three (3) different concepts under consideration. Introduction Paragraph: Begin by introducing the topic scenario, and feel free to personalize the conversation with information about the company if you so choose. In other words, you can decide the work of the company with their clients (examples: law firm, healthcare, manufacturing a product, sales, cyber security, etc.). Just be sure it requires your employees to meet with clients personally. This paragraph can also briefly highlight your two (2) potential solutions that you will propose to upper management. Quote 1: Christians must worship God But also must live their entire lives according to God's will. (Van Voorst, R. E. (2019). Relg: World p.277) Quote 2: For centuries, Zoroastrians in India had their own dress and diet codes. (Van Voorst, R. E. (2019). Relg: World. p. 211) Quote 3: God created the world as a good place, to reflect God's own glory and goodness, and as a place for human culture in all its fullness. (Van Voorst, R. E. (2019). Relg: World. p. 241) Van Voorst, R. E. (2019). Relg: World. Paragraph 2: Provide a brief overview of the religious groups represented in your company with an explanation of items identified that each utilize within their respective religion. Paragraphs 3&4: Provide a detailed conversation of your two potential dress code options, including how each would affect the religious groups represented. Paragraph 5: Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each proposed solution and identify the one that you think is the best option. Discuss potential outcomes. Paragraph 6: In this concluding paragraph, reflect on your own thought process after completing the assignment. You can include the challenges you encountered, what you learn from this process, new questions and/or problems that came up during this process. I will be looking for thoughtful self-reflection here.