Conference Session

Myths About Gender and Race

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

over the years as a natural evolution...Diversity 1.0 was about compliance and abiding by government regulations. Diverity 2.0 revolved around ethics, morality and social responsibility. Today, Diversity 3.0 is about business integration and globalization...and, ultimately, producing increased employee productivity and new revenue streams. 27Whether competitive anxiety is the basis of diversity reform efforts, or invoked by diversityadvocates because they believe it to be so for corporate leaders and economic policy makers, it isnonetheless a priority which subordinates inclusion to performance and productivity. Sufficientindustrial productivity, or profits, are of course culturally determined and have not

Conference Session

WIED Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elaine R. Millam, University of Saint Thomas; Ronald J. Bennett, Univeristy of Saint Thomas

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

productive manner. The teamagreed on one approach and all left the room feeling it was a win-win.Earlier in her career, Ellie was a project manager who had constant personality problems with thequality manager. Nothing she did seemed to be right. She learned to understand the social styleof this manager and through persistence and active listening broke down the communicationsbarriers in three months. They are now enjoying a great working relationship as the result ofEllie‟s perseverance.Doing the right thing is a trait that pervades those interviewed. Marsha Salter was an engineer ata company that produces fluid handling equipment. She believes that to be a good leader one hasto be ethical, do what is good for business and be able to sleep at night