Diversity infuses richness and nurtures strength in the workplace, focusing on respect for all human differences, including age, cultural, ethnic, racial, international, linguistic, gender, socioeconomic, educational, religious, sexual orientation, and ability. Diversity is valued for bringing a balance in perspective, talent, skill, and strengths to the workplace.
The University of California, Irvine is committed to attaining excellence through diversity. Understanding and embracing the contributions people from different backgrounds and ideologies can bring to the university is an important step. Maintaining excellence through diversity requires the development of an environment free from discrimination and harassment and a workforce equipped with culturally competent skills.
Workshops designed to foster the acquisition of these skills may include dissemination of cultural and historical knowledge, exploration of values, participation in communication and teambuilding exercises, and analysis of scenarios. Faculty, management, team leaders, and all levels of professional and support staff at the UCI campus and Medical Center are invited to participate in the training programs offered by the Office of Equal Opportunity & Diversity (OEOD).
The training opportunities available through the Office of Equal Opportunity & Diversity are listed below. For specific topics not listed here, or for training in a language other than English, contact OEOD for assistance in developing a program that meets those needs.
DIVERSITY TRAINING PROGRAMS
Diversity Development Program click here
The Diversity Development Program (DDP) is a program that celebrates UCI's diversity while also addressing the unresolved issues and concerns that exist in a diverse university community. Resolving these problems is essential to working in a harmonious atmosphere. DDP explores the significance of the participants' backgrounds, cultures, and unique experiences in defining their identity and expectations. This six-month certificate program provides a unique opportunity for staff, students, and faculty to engage in serious discussion on various topics concerning diversity.
Diversity in Medicine click here
The Diversity in Medicine course, co-sponsored by the School of Medicine and the Office of Equal Opportunity & Diversity, provides information to assist healthcare professionals and medical students maximize the quality of patient care in a diverse society. Participants learn the customs, values, and behavior patterns of various cultures and how these factors affect health, illness, and the giving and receiving of health care. The course is open to faculty, staff, students, and community members.
Equal Opportunity & Your Role as a Supervisor
The Equal Opportunity module of the Human Resources' Effective Supervision Certificate Program is offered by OEOD staff. Supervisors will learn about UCI's nondiscrimination, affirmative action, and sexual harassment policies, as well as methods to identify and prevent any form of discrimination or harassment. Participants will explore how valuing differences can help them successfully lead a diverse work unit toward enhanced quality and productivity. Information regarding resources available at UCI to address these issues will also be presented. Attend a class by signing up online through Training and Employee Development ( TED) and enrolling in Equal Opportunity Work Environment/Your Role as Supervisor.
Cultural Awareness Workshop
The Cultural Awareness Workshop focuses on organizing collaborative efforts to improve communication and develop effective working relationships between cultures by examining changing demographics, diverse cultures, and differing manners of communication.
Intercultural Communication Workshop
This workshop addresses multicultural issues in the workplace with special emphasis on intercultural communication. The backgrounds, cultures, and unique experiences of participants are highlighted in the context of intercultural relations and understanding of diversity.
Departmental Inservice Training
This program provides training in the methods for teambuilding, improving communication between co-workers, and developing amicable working relationships in a multicultural workplace. The training sessions are tailored to the specific needs of individual departments.
Executive Briefings
Executive briefings provide UCI constituents with information regarding cultural sensitivity and the appropriate protocol for travel in foreign countries. The workshops include support materials such as special web sites and articles. OEOD has sponsored briefings for executives, international medical doctors, deans, directors, and campus officials.
Consultations and Program Development
Consultations are available to departments wishing to research and plan faculty and/or staff development programs in the areas of diversity, cultural competency, and conflict management. Please contact OEOD for information on resources, concepts, and models that are available to meet departmental training needs.
SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION
The Sexual Harassment Officer, in conjunction
with other individuals and departments throughout the campus and at
the Medical Center, provides training and workshops for faculty, staff,
and students regarding sexual harassment. Topics for discussion
include policies and laws regarding sexual harassment, examples of
harassment, liability for harassment, effects of harassment, resources
for resolving complaints, protections for complainants, protections
for individuals accused of sexual harassment, and First Amendment/academic
freedom issues.
On-line Training Programs
Two on-line training programs on Preventing Sexual Harassment are available
to the UCI community. The online training programs include a review
of the laws, court decisions, definitions, interactive examples, and
guidelines, and are accessible through the Sexual Harassment Prevention
website.
1. The campus online sexual
harassment prevention training programs are tailored to campus and
medical center non-supervisory staff and students and are available through http://www.newmedialearning.com/psh/ucirvine.
2. The UC Office of the
President online training program, offered through an outside vendor, fulfills
the AB 1825 training requirement for faculty and supervisory staff.
Those employees who are covered by AB 1825 will receive an email notice from UCOP with a personalized link (to track compliance) when this requirement has not yet been met by another accepted method (e.g., two-hour courses offered by OEOD staff). For more information, go to
http://www.oeod.uci.edu/sho/.
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