What are some of the challenges your diversity area would face in the country culture you selected if a comparison is made with the United States?

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Competency
Critique the actions of organizations as they integrate diverse perspectives into their cultures.
Scenario Information
You have been hired as the Human Resources Director for a global organization that is headquartered in the United States. Your job is to evaluate and make recommendations in the area of diversity for your company. Each section will contain specific areas within diversity for you to focus on. You will be tasked with choosing from one of the diversity areas that are provided to you. Be sure to conduct research using the university library and other relevant sources.
Diversity Areas (Select one, and continue to use for all modules)

Race
Gender
Sexual orientation
Religion
Ethnicity

Instructions
Now that you have selected your area of diverse concentration, you are now tasked with designing a plan to aid your selected group in one of the following countries:

China
Japan
Brazil
India

The new organizational strategic initiative is to expand into the selected country. The executive leadership team has asked you for a report on the diversity area (the one you selected) and the country (selected above) expanding to. The report should address the following questions:

Introduce your diversity area and country.
What are some of the challenges your diversity area would face in the country culture you selected if a comparison is made with the United States?
Are there any ethical or legal implications that protect your diversity area in the selected country?
Discuss some techniques that, as the manager, you would use in order to ensure an inclusive work culture.
Conclude your diversity report.

Do you have multiple identities incorporated into your self-concept? This could relate to race, nationality, culture, religion, lifestyle, or other group affiliations.

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1 page to answer
 1) View the New York Times video clip posted to Blackboard called “Being Multiracial In America” where students at Rutgers University discuss the joys and challenges of having multiple identities in America. This is from 2008 (thus the Obama references), however is still very relevant today in regards to the subject matter: having multiple racial/ethnic/cultural identities and associations.
2) Address the following prompts in a paragraph or two.
 A. Do you have multiple identities incorporated into your self-concept? This could relate to race, nationality, culture, religion, lifestyle, or other group affiliations.
 B. Even if you identify as having a single enculturated identity and group association, you can use the concepts from this chapter to address the next prompt; Why is it difficult for people that don’t feel they have a particular or singular ethnic or social membership to “fit in” within the society? What challenges to people who belong to multiple groups face?

video:

Discuss the ethical issues related to the integration of religion and spirituality into psychotherapy

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Assignment should be approx. 1 page per question.

Entire assignment should be 4-6 pages, plus a title and reference page

11.  Dr. Jones has been hired to conduct a forensic evaluation related to an accusation of child abuse and neglect. What competencies does Dr. Jones need to have in order to ethically perform this service?

12.  What are the ethical and legal considerations in the selection and use of assessment instruments for Expert Testimony?

13.  Discuss whether the topic of suicide risk should be discussed during the informed consent process.

14.  Discuss the pros and cons of offering psychotherapy services to an individual who is already currently receiving mental health services.

15.  Discuss the ethical issues related to the integration of religion and spirituality into psychotherapy

How and why Korean immigrants came to be the most entrepreneurial ethnicity? Include the debate over the sources of Korean American entrepreneurship.

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The following are questions to encourage you to think about your assigned readings (and lecture). Your essays should reflect, insofar as possible, your own ideas, analyses, etc. You should rely primarily on the works assigned in class. Do not forget to make references wherever appropriate. Be comprehensive in your answers. I shall be looking for your ability to synthesize material, to be critical, and to be original. Use the questions below as outline to your answer.
1. (8 P) How and why Korean immigrants came to be the most entrepreneurial ethnicity? Include the debate over the sources of Korean American entrepreneurship.
2. (10 P) A. Draw upon DY Kim’s article, “The Pursuit of Elite High Schools and Colleges among Second-Generation Korean Americans” and my lecture notes on Educational Practices. How do Korean American family and community emphasize the educational performance and career choice of college students. Provide concrete examples of such practices. 
B. Drawing upon Lew’s article: “A Structural Analysis of Success and Failure of Asian Americans,” explain why there is a wide range in educational experience among Korean American youth. 
3. (12 P) 
Use the following two articles. Discuss both the strengths and weaknesses of each article. How could each article be improved? 
• Kim, Sharon: “Shifting Boundaries within Second-Generation Korean American Churches”
• Min, Pyong Gap and Dae Young Kim: “Intergenerational Transmission of Religion and Culture’
4. (14 P) The Los Angeles Civil Unrest in spring 1992 were among the most violent and destructive events in twentieth-century urban America. 
A. Use my article, “Changing the Business Plan” and Grace Lee’s new multi- media project K-TOWN’92: http://ktown92.com/ 
What were some of the ways Korean immigrant merchants in South Central experienced the Unrest? 
• Park, Kyeyoung, 6. Changing the Business Plan: Korean Merchants Try to Reintegrate into South Central Community. In LA Rising: Korean Relations with Blacks and Latinos after Civil Unrest. (Book Manuscript) 
B. Since 1992, how have Korean Americans’ racial relations with Blacks and Latinos transformed? In what ways? Use the following two articles. 
• Park, Kyeyoung. 2012. An Analysis of Latino-Korean Relations in the Workplace: Latino Perspectives in the Aftermath of the 1992 Los Angeles Civil Unrest. Amerasia Journal 38 (1): 143-169.  
• Park, Kyeyoung. The Racial Cartography of Post-Unrest LA (Book Manuscript)  5. (6 P)  We had a guest speaker, Alice Lee, an Immigrant Rights Youth Organizer from the Korean Resource Center. How would you recap her talk about KRC’s advocacy for DACA and the DREAM Act?
5.(6p)
We had a guest speaker, Alice Lee, an Immigrant Rights Youth Organizer from the Korean Resource Center. How would you recap her talk about KRC’s advocacy for DACA and the DREAM Act?
You must cite and also use quotation marks especially when you quote directly from a source, including from the internet. -(In using class materials), make sure to acknowledge any sources by citing or properly quoting. 
Since it is an exam, you should refrain from using material outside the class. I may consider using the Turnitin plagiarism detection system. 
No need to type the exam questions as long as you indicate which question you are answering. -Make sure to type all the answers in double space and 12 font format (in WORD file). -Your final exam shall amount to 8-9 pages. Going beyond the page limit may lose you some points. -Make sure to include the bibliography at the end (Your 8-9 page limit do not include a works cited page.).