Since federal law protects an employee's right to religious lodging, supervisors cannot ignore the issue of religious diversity. Though, the issue is much more extensive than simple legal conformity. Definitely, managers want to better understand the laws protecting employees' rights for accommodation and prohibiting spiritual harassment, disparate treatment, and retaliation. Nevertheless, additionally they need to understand the various opportunities and challenges related to recognizing spiritual diversity.
Regarding opportunities, research implies that permitting employees to express facets of their faith can enrich the value they put on the organization, their work lives. Additionally, respect for religious diversity can support a mindset that is useful for communicating with other stakeholders in areas from advertisements to the sports interests of salespeople. Since learning more about a variety of faiths may lead to greater skills in working with various groups, we offer advice on Prothero's God IsN't One: The Eight Competition Religions That Run the World-and Why Their Differences Issue and on different religions' practices linked with death-related issues.
PUBLICATION DATE: September 15, 2012 PRODUCT #: BH494-HCB-ENG
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