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Communicate, communicate, communicate 
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Communicate diversity policy and initiatives clearly 
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Internally: updates, briefings, training, intranet pages 
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Externally: to boost employer brand and recruitment 
Step 8 
Understand your company's needs 
(a) 
Match resources to the size of the organisation and the scale of change required 
(b) 
Consider using diversity consultants or best practice representatives to provide 
advice, support and training 
Step 9 
Evaluate 
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Benchmark progress at regular intervals 
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Internally: diversity score cards, employee climate surveys 
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Externally: focus groups, customer/supplier surveys 
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CHAPTER 13
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DIVERSITY AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES 
 
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Equal opportunities
is an approach to the management of people at work based on equal access to 
benefits and fair treatment. 
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Sound 
business arguments
can be made for having an equal opportunities policy. 
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Discrimination
of certain types is illegal in the UK on grounds of: 
 
– 
Sex and marital status 
– 
Colour, race, nationality and ethnic or national origin 
– Disability 
– 
Sexual orientation and religious beliefs 
– Age 
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Many organisations now establish their own 
policy statements
or 
codes of practice on equal 
opportunities
: apart from anything else, a statement of the organisation's position may provide some 
protection in the event of complaints. 
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