Diversity in Engineering Managing the Workforce of the Future (2002) / Chapter Skim
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The Ford family's commitment to social responsibility continues today with our current chairman Bill Ford, Henry Ford's great grandson.
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Only a diverse company can fully understand our diverse and complex global marketplace. Only a diverse company can generate breakthrough ideas that
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All of this hard work reflects a wide range of activities related to diversity initiatives. At the Global Diversity and Worklife Summit this fall, we discussed refinements to recruiting and mentoring programs and new communication toolsincluding a global diversity and Worklife brochure and Web site.
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Because I know it best, I'd like to use the Ford Hispanic Network Group the FHNG as an example of how Ford and its employees are working together, not only to promote diversity, but also to leverage the company's power to touch our consumers and their communities. The Hispanic population in the United States is growing phenomenally, far exceeding census projections.
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We all want Ford to be a profitable, customer-focused, global company. I believe a diverse workforce and a flexible work environment are keys to business success for a company like ours.
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130 DIVERSITY IN ENGINEERING Dundee Halt (NACME) : You talked about the difficulty of persuading a kid from San Antonio to come to Detroit.
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: When we were preparing this conference and deciding who to invite, we read many interesting articles, some on controversial issues, such as backlash among groups opposed to or offended by resource networks. A couple of articles were about white males joining together against Ford because of Ford's emphasis on resource networks.
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32 DIVERSITY IN ENGINEERING why it is important to have support mechanisms in place to make sure that the stretch isn't too long. In some cases, you need special supports.
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We just set up an environmental center at Georgia Tech. I agree wholeheartedly that we don't do enough in secondary education or in K through 8.
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