Today’s workforce is comprised of people from numerous cultural, ethnic, religious, and national backgrounds and identities. Increasingly, organisations are recognising the value of cultural diversity, cultural capability, and global workforce experience.
Organisations that are culturally diverse and inclusive can broaden their strategic perspective, identify and enter new local and global markets, innovate, achieve business goals in culturally diverse business settings, and generate high performing multi-national and multicultural teams.
In this section you will find information about key definitions and the state of play for cultural diversity in Australia, the business case for cultural diversity and inclusion, some leading practices for creating culturally diverse and inclusive workplaces, case studies, and additional resources and reading on cultural diversity.
Overview
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The case for action
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Leading practice
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Latest Research - Culture & Religion
The RISE Project: an insights report
Explore learnings from the RISE Project which aimed to break down systemic barriers to senior leadership for culturally and racially marginalised (CARM) women.
Linguistic bias at work
This guide is for managers and supervisors who want to learn about linguistic bias in the workplace and how to recognise and avoid it.
Culturally and racially marginalised (CARM) women in leadership
Ground-breaking report re-examines the state of play for culturally and racially marginalised (CARM) women in leadership.
Latest Articles - Culture & Religion
End-of-year celebrations for everyone: how to make workplace socialising more inclusive
Workplace socialising plays an important role in building inclusion at work. But when events are not planned inclusively, they can unintentionally leave people feeling excluded.
Landmark RISE project shares insights on tackling gendered racism in leadership progression
The RISE Project: an Insights Report captures early findings from the RISE Project, sharing insights on breaking down barriers to leadership for CARM women.
DCA launches cultural intelligence training to tackle workplace polarisation
DCA has launched new cultural intelligence training to help workplaces navigate polarisation and strengthen inclusion across multicultural and multifaith teams.