Report of an international forum on managing diversity

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose is to report an International Forum on managing diversity organized by the International Association of Jesuit Business Schools (IAJBS).

Design/methodology/approach

The report is a summary of the papers presented for the Forum that was cancelled on the eve of the opening session due to the violence that erupted in July 2006 in the Middle East.

Findings

Diversity management is becoming a priority in most countries in both the workplace and higher education institutions.

Originality/value

Some of the papers revealed the role of diversity in enriching group work and identified the potential sources of misunderstanding and possible conflicts

Citation

Aoun, G. (2007), "Report of an international forum on managing diversity", Equal Opportunities International, Vol. 26 No. 1, pp. 67-70. https://doi.org/10.1108/02610150710726534