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The lectures and workshops that constitute diversity initiatives have been part of some organizations for years. Now, diversity training is finding its way into the scientific workplace, an environment many trainees and human resources professionals say comes with its own unique challenges. Among these are the need to overcome resistance by scientist employees and to explain how diversity impacts scientific discovery.
DO THE RIGHT THING: Dupont’s Bernard Scales says that diversity training has a business as well as an ethical motivation at his company. The "prime driver" for Wilmington, Del.-based Dupont Corp.'s participation in diversity education is that "it's the right thing to do, in terms of addressing equity, fairness, excess, and equal opportunity for all of our employees," says manager of diversity Bernard Scales. "And right behind that is that it's critical to our business success." He maintains that with ...
