Main Challenges of Ethnicity in the Workplace
Three Main Challenges
Police officers come in daily contact with a variety of individuals, and occasionally being caught up in a language barrier. With this being said, unintended problems can arise, such as: Language barriers limit police officers from performing their duties well if they cannot communicate within a diverse population. Language barriers can prevent individuals from reporting a crime or describing a suspect involved in a crime. Another challenge could be that a diverse population might not be able to speak and/or understand the police officers language, and this could leave a community feeling isolated and distrustful. When police officers are not familiar with the language, dialect, or word terms spoken by their community, it not only makes it a challenge for investigating crimes, but even more of a challenge for deciding if a crime has even occurred (Shah, 2007).
When it comes to cultural norms within a diverse population constant monitoring of changing organizational culture is necessary for top productively. There is much success in building trusting relationships with diverse communities, challenges still remain. For example, lack of trust is one of the greatest obstacles faced by police officers and has a direct impact on the ability to address neighborhood issues of crime, disorder, and terrorism prevention (Wasserman, 2010).
Police officers are often unsure how to start dialog with a diverse population that they are not familiar with. It is known that law enforcements management are better at reaching out to diverse communities for establishing relationships, but many executives feel that it is necessary for their police officers to develop effective relationships at the neighborhood level. Being the police may not have been as friendly towards them and/or may have been known to treat their people badly, the diverse population might have developed a deep seated fear of the police (Wasserman, 2010).
As for the acceptance
Police officers come in daily contact with a variety of individuals, and occasionally being caught up in a language barrier. With this being said, unintended problems can arise, such as: Language barriers limit police officers from performing their duties well if they cannot communicate within a diverse population. Language barriers can prevent individuals from reporting a crime or describing a suspect involved in a crime. Another challenge could be that a diverse population might not be able to speak and/or understand the police officers language, and this could leave a community feeling isolated and distrustful. When police officers are not familiar with the language, dialect, or word terms spoken by their community, it not only makes it a challenge for investigating crimes, but even more of a challenge for deciding if a crime has even occurred (Shah, 2007).
When it comes to cultural norms within a diverse population constant monitoring of changing organizational culture is necessary for top productively. There is much success in building trusting relationships with diverse communities, challenges still remain. For example, lack of trust is one of the greatest obstacles faced by police officers and has a direct impact on the ability to address neighborhood issues of crime, disorder, and terrorism prevention (Wasserman, 2010).
Police officers are often unsure how to start dialog with a diverse population that they are not familiar with. It is known that law enforcements management are better at reaching out to diverse communities for establishing relationships, but many executives feel that it is necessary for their police officers to develop effective relationships at the neighborhood level. Being the police may not have been as friendly towards them and/or may have been known to treat their people badly, the diverse population might have developed a deep seated fear of the police (Wasserman, 2010).
As for the acceptance
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