The Equal Opportunities Handbook: How to Recognise Diversity, Encourage Fairness and Promote Anti-Discriminatory Practice

About the Book

Fully updated and revised to take account of recent changes in policy, attitudes and world events, this up-to-the-minute guide sets out straightforward procedures, relevant to all types of situation, and demonstrates how simple it is to behave with fairness, courtesy and sensitivity to all. Designed to be practical, realistic and usable in the real world, this book will:

help readers to check their own behaviour and attitudes;

provide guidance on fair treatment;

give valuable information on the most important issues in equal opportunities.

Personal action plans are included at the end of every chapter and a new chapter on Equal Opportunities in the workplace is included. This up-to-the minute book also includes a detailed A-Z of laws and agencies promoting equal opportunities.

Table of Contents:
*How to be fair: definitions of prejudice *The role of language *Being in a majority group *Racism: ethnicity and racism; mythology *Sexism: changing role and status of women, gender and sex differences *Sexuality: images, equality, direct prejudice and discrimination *Disability: terms and labels, disability environment, specific concerns *Equal Opportunities in the workplace: human resource processes, performance management, bullying and harassment *Institutional Racism: Stephen Lawrence inquiry, theory, application *Religion: description of major religions *Equal Opportunities law, agencies and links to further information

About the Author :
Phil Clements and Tony Spinks are trainers with many years' experience of working in the equal opportunities field. Dr Phil Clements is Programme Area Leader at the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, University of Portsmouth, and the author of a number of Kogan Page titles including The Diversity Training Handbook, A Practical Guide to Faciliation Skills and Be Positive. Tony Spinks is also the co-author of A Practical Guide to Faciliation Skills.

Review :
"Bringing clarity to equal opportunities in the workplace - a fully updated and revised study of recent changes in policy, attitudes and world events." Publishing News "This up-to-the-minute guide sets out straightforward procedures, relevant to all types of situation, and demonstrates how simple it is to behave with fairness, courtesy and sensitivity to all." Voluntary Sector Magazine "Updated to take into account important new policies, such as equal opportunities in the workplace." Call Centre Focus Magazine "Embracing diversity and tackling discrimination are goals that most - if not all - employers would willingly subscribe to. But for many companies it's hard to know where to start. These two new complementary books from specialist business publisher Kogan Page are designed to help." Investor in People magazine "This book will prove invaluable to any trainer, manager, teacher or staff developer who want to keep their organisation discrimination free." Investor in People magazine "The book reminds us just how far we have to go before we achieve true equality...A handy book for firms that want to start discussions on the subject." Engage