Carefully read the following:

Aus Accountancy is a large accountancy firm with 25 staff, ranging from senior management staff to

administration staff. The company currently has one office located in Sydney.

The company is in a period of expansion and needs to ensure that it can access a sufficient number of

qualified staff. The company has been struggling with this over the last 12 months. The CEO has therefore

decided that one of the strategies used to try and access staff will be to develop a formal diversity policy and

procedures as well as an action plan, which will give the company access to a larger pool of staff, as well as

reap all the benefits of diversity.

Complete the following activities:

1. Diversity Briefing Report

Following the meeting, you will be required to conduct research to assist in the development of

the policy and procedures, and briefing report on your research.

Use the Briefing Report Template to guide your work.

Your briefing report should, as a minimum, addresses the following:

Purpose of the report, including current company position on diversity and existing policies

and procedures that need to be taken into account.

Australian diversity facts and figures including:

o Australia's multicultural society, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and

percentage of people born overseas and major countries of origin

o Religions

o Age structure

o Demographics of those with a disability and types of disability

Diversity within the business environment, including cultures, beliefs, traditions and

practices

Intended and unintended impacts of diversity including:

o The value of diversity in the workplace and to society as a whole

o How a diverse society contributes to Australia's image globally and to economic

growth?

o How diversity can drive innovation?

o Concept of reasonable adjustment and give examples of reasonable adjustments that

workplaces can make to facilitate participation by people with a disability.

o Describe contemporary theory about diversity and its potential contribution to business

advantage

Identify benchmarks and other measurement indicators for planning and assessing the

impacts of policy implementation.

Legal requirements in relation to workplace diversity. List at least five Acts of legislation and

explain the purpose of each.

Examples of at least 3 diversity policies and procedures.

Example diversity actions to inform the diversity action plan. You should research at least

five examples to start off the diversity action plan. Note that you will also be seeking input

from your staff on the diversity action plan in Assessment