Nature of Logic

Diversity Paper

There is a big emphasis on today's workforce to be culturally diverse. In today's changing world being culturally diverse in the business world can make or break a business. Not only is it legally and morally wrong, if a company is diverse then you have different work ethics to help complete the goals of the company. Some diversity and demographic characteristics include sex, age, race, ethnic origin, but there are many more. An ethnic group is a human population whose members identify with each other, usually on the basis of a presumed common genealogy or ancestry. "Ethnic" is derived from the Greek ethnos, meaning "people". It was typically used to refer to non-Greek people, so the term also connotated "foreign". In later Catholic Latin usage, there was the additional connotation of "heathen". The noun "ethnic" ceased to be related to "heathen" in the early 18th century. The modern usage is closer to the original Greek meaning. Ethnic groups are also usually united by common cultural, behavioural, linguistic, or religious practices. In this sense, an ethnic group is also a cultural community. Members of an ethnic group procreate primarily with other members of their ethnic group, something which is measurable in terms of characteristic average genetic frequencies. In general, two types of ethnic groups have arisen in human history. The earliest form is the kinship-based ethnic group most closely corresponding to the term "tribe". As human populations became more mobile, another type of ethnic group arose, most closely associated with the evolution of the state ("country"), as the opportunity to procreate outside the old kinship systems presented itself. Invasion, migration, and pan-ethnic religions have contributed to a further evolution of new ethnic groups out of the mixture of older ethnic groups. At the same time, ethnic distinction can persist, even within the bounds of a single country as long as members of an ethnic group procreate primarily among themselves, for various reasons. In English, Ethnicity goes far beyond the modern ties of a person to a particular nation, and focuses more upon the connection to a perceived shared past and culture. Religion is a human phenomenon that defies easy definition. It is commonly understood as a group of beliefs or attitudes concerning an object (real or imagined), person (real or imagined), or system of thought considered to be supernatural, sacred, or divine, and the moral codes, practices, values, institutions, and rituals associated with such belief or system of thought. It is sometimes used interchangeably with "faith" or "belief system" in the course of the development of religion, it has taken many forms in various cultures and individuals. Sociologists and anthropologists see religion as an abstract set of ideas, values, or experiences developed as part of a cultural matrix. Primitive religion was indistinguishable from the sociocultural acts where custom and ritual defined an emotional reality. There are a number of models regarding the ways in which religions come into being and develop. Broadly speaking, these models fall into three categories: Models which see religions as social constructions; Models which see religions as progressing toward higher, objective truth; Models which see a particular religion as absolutely true. Since the late 19th century, the demographics of religion have changed a great deal. Some countries with a historically large Christian population have experienced a significant decline in the numbers of professed active Christians. Symptoms of the decline in active participation in Christian religious life include declining recruitment for the priesthood and monastic life, as well as diminishing attendance at church. At the same time, there has been an increase in the number of people who identify themselves as secular humanists. Religious belief usually relates to the existence, nature and worship of a deity or deities and divine involvement in the universe and human life. Alternately, it may also relate to values and practices transmitted by a spiritual leader. Unlike other belief systems, which may be passed on orally, religious belief tends to be codified. Religious beliefs are found in virtually every society throughout human history. Traits are distinguishing qualities or characteristics of a person. Traits are a readiness to think or act in a similar fashion in response to a variety of different stimuli or situations. In general, trait theory assumes that people differ on variables or dimensions that are continuous. People are seen to differ in the amounts or quantities of a characteristic rather than differ in the quality of their characteristics. There are two different views as to