Diversity and ethics are component of every society and they are major challenge that has turned into a losing situation for all involved, leading to demoralization of organization. No doubt many believe societal diversity and ethics are the fundamental for organizational efficiency when properly managed. In every organization, there are diverse beliefs, culture, religion, age, gender and educational background among employees, manager and executives in organizations need to know what are the most ethically appropriate or inappropriate courses of actions to take in their daily work-place situations. Diversity is the ways people differ in an organization which can affect task or relationship of the employees. While ethics is the study of moral obligation, or separating right from wrong and includes acts such as ethical decisions and social responsibility acts. The focus of this study is on diversity and ethical issues in an organization. This research work is a descriptive study in nature. The secondary information have been collected from different scholars’ and researchers’ published books, articles published in different journals, periodicals, conference paper, working paper and website which examine literature in the area of organizational diversity and ethics. I will therefore recommend that management must modify their styles to manage diversity and ethics in the organization. It is also important that management assess the current level of diversity within the organization beginning with culture, ethnicity and education. Management should adopt a high diversity culture for continuous change and improvement in the organization.
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