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Introduction and conceptual framework -- Diversity legislation in a global perspective : equality and fairness in employment -- Discriminat ion, equality, and fairness in employment : social policies and affirma tive/positive action programs -- Global demographic trends : impact on workforce diversity / Martha Farnsworth Riche and Micháalle E. Mor Bara k -- Socioeconomic transitions : the new realities of the global workfo rce / Martha Farnsworth Riche and Micháalle E. Mor Barak -- Defining di versity in a global context : prejudice and discrimination -- Vive la d iffâerence? Theoretical perspectives on diversity and exclusion in the workplace -- Culture and communication in the global workplace -- Inter personal relationships in a global work context / Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks and Micháalle E. Mor Barak -- Diversity management : paradigms, ration ale, and key elements -- An overview of the inclusive workplace model : managing the globalized workforce diversity -- The inclusive workplace : level I : inclusion through diversity within the work organization - - The inclusive workplace : level II : inclusion through corporate-comm unity collaborations -- The inclusive workplace : level III : inclusion through state/national collaborations -- The inclusive workplace : lev el IV : inclusion through international collaborations -- Toward a glob ally inclusive workplace ; putting the pieces together.