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#35367 Women In The Workplace - The Pay Gap: Sexism or Something Else? (Run time 9 min.) DVD $19.95
Warren Farrell protested alongside Gloria Steinem in support of women's rights and was even elected to the board of NOW-three times. But Farrell is also the author of Why Men Earn More: The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap-and What Women Can Do About It. In this brief ABC News segment, John Stossel considers the opposing views of Farrell and Martha Burk, chair of the NCWO and author of Cult of Power: Sex Discrimination in Corporate America and What Can Be Done About It. It's about supply and demand, states Farrell, not sexism: higher compensation generally means bigger sacrifices on the home front-a cost most women are statistically less willing to bear than men. (8 minutes)
#2574 Diversity - Understanding Our Biases and Assumptions (Run time 14 min.) DVD $59.95
This program deals with the nature of biases and preconceptions, pointing out that almost everyone sees the world from his or her own perspective and stressing the need to examine one's own thinking about "us" and "them." It covers the subjects of being "in" and "out" and the role of peer groups, community institutions, schools, and the media in determining what is "good" and "bad"; permits members of minorities to speak out about how bias affects their lives; and challenges viewers to examine their own biases and overcome them. (14 minutes)
#2578 Diversity - Helping New Employees Feel Valued (Run time 12 min.) DVD $59.95
This program is designed to give viewers a sense of what it is like for a member of a minority to be the new employee in a department or company. Following an African American professional woman on her first days on the job, viewers recognize the acts and omissions that cause her to feel isolated, unimportant, unwanted, and unmotivated-and thus learn to avoid these errors when interacting with new employees in real-life situations. (12 minutes)
#9202 Diversity - Facing the Challenge: Issues in the Job Search for People of Color (Run time 32 min.) DVD $69.95
This program takes the viewer through the intensely personal stories of several ethnically diverse storytellers. From learning to speak English to teenage motherhood and blatant discrimination, all the participants share how they were able to beat the odds and gain employment. Each story offers insight into the issues that affect minorities, while experts offer some explanation and advice about overcoming obstacles in the job search process. A Cambridge Educational Production. One 35-minute video.
#9203 Diversity - Accepting the Challenge: Issues on the Job for People of Color (Run time 32 min.) DVD $69.95
Focusing on the issues that can arise during employment, this ethnically diverse program shares the often frustrating and dramatic experiences minorities often face while on the job. Experts advise on how to deal constructively with problems such as racism, verbal abuse, and ignorance. Participants give an eye-opening account of how these problems exist at all levels of employment, from the fast-food industry to the corporate advertising world.A Cambridge Educational Production. One 45-minute video.
#25318 Human Resource Management - Employer/Employee Rights and Responsibilities (Run time 16 min.) DVD $69.95
"What if I'm fired unfairly?" "If I get hurt at work, will I still have a job when I recover?" "Is it legal to dismiss someone for repeatedly being late?" "I was passed over for a promotion, and I think it's because of my ethnic background. Can I take legal action?" Geared toward students entering the workforce, this timeless program answers these and other important questions as it explains employer/employee rights and responsibilities. A Meridian Production. (15 minutes)
#2573 Diversity - Why Value Diversity? (Run time 26 min.) DVD $89.95
This program deals with the realities of the multiracial, multilingual work force in a society that continues to practice racism and sexism. An attorney, a corporate executive, a human resources manager, and a teacher explain some of the steps that can be taken by individuals to adapt to, make the best of, and, in fact, benefit from the new realities. (26 minutes)
#2575 Diversity - Men and Women Working Together (Run time 18 min.) DVD $89.95
This program is devoted to the issues raised by the changing roles of women in the workplace: discrimination based on sex and the legal issues involved, and the more common issues of confusion, resentment, and lack of cooperation and emotional support engendered by the change in the traditional roles of men and women in the workplace. (18 minutes)
#2576 Diversity - Sexual Harassment (Run time 19 min.) DVD $89.95
Using the EEOC definition of sexual harassment, this program shows how this damaging and expensive problem in the workplace takes place, how situations get out of hand, and how the problem can be addressed and stopped. It reviews all the well-worn excuses for ignoring harassment, provides suggestions for action if harassment is suspected, and highlights the cost of failing to take action at various stages of harassment. (19 minutes)
#2577 Diversity - Recruiting and Interviewing (Run time 18 min.) DVD $89.95
This program shows how good recruitment efforts and effective, non-biased job interviews can help managers find and select the best employees for today's diverse workplace. (18 minutes)
#2580 Diversity - Meeting the Diversity Challenge (Run time 16 min.) DVD $89.95
This program begins with a fuzzy picture; but before viewers can adjust the image, the point has been made: managers of an increasingly diverse work force need to have a clear picture of what is really going on. The program points out the six major challenges managers confront in developing a clear and unbiased picture, and helps viewers hone their techniques to achieve this goal. (16 minutes)
#2581 Diversity - Success Strategies for Minorities (Run time 21 min.) DVD $89.95
This program is addressed to the minority worker; the perceptive manager will learn from the viewpoint of the minority worker how to deal with many of the problems of making diversity a harmonious and not a disruptive fact of life. A prominent African American consultant shares some down-to-earth techniques for success in corporate America, and explains how to turn the anger that results from discrimination into a positive force. (21 minutes)
#2582 Diversity - The Future Is Now: Celebrating Diversity (Run time 26 min.) DVD $89.95
This program is devoted to the ways in which the demands of a diverse work force can best be met: how schools can help prepare students, how businesses can help build bridges, how all Americans can-and must-learn to value, respect, and benefit from diversity in society and in the workplace. (26 minutes)
#3895 Diversity - Understanding Different Cultural Values and Styles (Run time 37 min.) DVD $89.95
This program refutes the melting pot theory, explaining that employees do not-and should not be expected to-set aside their particular cultural values when they come to work. The most successful organizations and managers are those who understand diversity and seek to profit from it; this program presents the views of African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans, and Native Americans who share their work experiences and demonstrate that what they want from others is no more than an open mind and a fair chance. (37 minutes)
#5129 Diversity - Sexual Discrimination in the Marketplace (Run time 28 min.) DVD $89.95
Why should a woman pay more to have a blouse cleaned than a man pays to have his shirt done? Why does the woman pay her divorce lawyer more than the man pays his? In this specially adapted Phil Donahue program, Ralph Nader points out the many instances of sexual discrimination which women face daily in the marketplace, and advises women about how to correct these inequities. (28 minutes)
#1529 Women In The Workplace - Problems of Working Women (Run time 24 min.) DVD $89.95
This program examines the pressures facing working women with small children: salaries too low to pay for proper care and supervision of their children during the work day, inadequate or unavailable child-care facilities, little or no help with household maintenance. The locale of the program is Dallas, but the experiences are national. (24 minutes)
#1531 Women In The Workplace - Women and the Corporate Game (Run time 21 min.) DVD $89.95
Where prestige as well as income are the goals, women are not only denied equal pay for equal work, but are, much more often than not, denied the opportunity to show what they can do; or, having the opportunity, are unable to perform adequately because of the clubhouse mentality of their male colleagues. The solution for a growing number of women executives: start their own businesses. (21 minutes)
#29849 Human Resource Management - Honesty Tests: Are They Fair? (Run time 17 min.) DVD $129.95
In Canada, retailers lose more than a million dollars every day to employee theft. Enter the pre-employment honesty test. Using a case study of a woman denied employment on the basis of an honesty test as a springboard for discussion, this program provides an overview of this controversial screening device. Issues of question validity, test discrimination, and the proper use of psychometric testing are addressed, and an interview with William Harris, executive director of the Association of Test Publishers, is featured. Sample questions are provided. (17 minutes)
#9201 Diversity - Addressing and Overcoming Minority Work Issues (Run time min.) DVD $139.9
This documentary-style series features the inspiring stories of minorities who have faced and overcome adversity both in seeking employment and while employed.A Cambridge Educational Production.
#4265 Diversity - Managing Diversity in Business (Run time 60 min.) DVD $149.95
This program covers the important and timely issues involved in managing multicultural and sexual diversity in the workplace. Topics covered include "Why Value Diversity?," "Understanding Our Biases and Assumptions," "Sexual Harassment," "Recruiting and Interviewing a Diverse Workforce," "Making New Employees Feel Valued," and "Managing Diversity: Meeting the Challenge." (60 minutes)
#2572 Diversity - The Mosaic Workplace: Managing the Multicultural Workplace (Run time min.) DVD $839.5
This series addresses the problems and opportunities of the demographic reality of the '90s and beyond. Native-born whites whose first language is English will soon constitute the minority in the workforce-a mosaic of colors, languages, and cultural traditions and values-and an immense challenge for both managers and workers. These programs address the numerous issues involved in making the mosaic workplace a more productive one. 10-part series.
