Ethical Culture or a Diverse Minority

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Is Ethics and Diversity always homogeneous or is there times they don't work together?

We know that a set of Ethics or Media Ethics can be a set of guidelines either set by ourselves or by the work and people around us. We also know that without ethical principles there would be a continuous disconnect with diversity. If the principle foundation of diversity is the variety of being different than a standardization of ethical laws, rules or principles could not be universally set.

Since diversity is expected to characterize the workforce of the near future, we can no longer presume a common, universal, prevailing consensus for personal and organizational ethics." - Willie E. Hopkins

The increase and acceptance of diverse groups would not diminish ethical needs but rather ethics-diversity would shift based on the future prevailing numbers of diversity and what people and organizations find to best suite their current perspectives.

Types??

We have all heard of Stereotypes or the action of Stereotyping people. Stereotypes are usually the biased often harmful subconscious impressions of a person based on their sex, race, physical appearance, culture, religion or other details that make them different than the opposing person. We don't hear to often is Sociotypes because they are a characteristic that applies to a group of people or that is defined by a group of people. Sociotypes are generally truthful or at least backed up by researched data and they are usually originated from within the group rather than generalized by peers outside the group.

White Privilege...

The words of "White Privilege" are nothing new to hear but it still a profound topic in the ethical-diversity debates. White Privilege is generally the advantages and unfair opportunities awarded to the White ethnicity/race. People of color or of a small minority may have had less of a privileged upbringing and opportunities because of their race would also be classified as being less privileged even if they were not. Some scholars and journalists say that part of White Privilege is the oblivious recognition that they are privileged because they do not appreciate the advantages they were given.

Where does Black/White Binary Frame fit into American culture?

Black/White Binary Frame or Paradigm is basically the exclusion of any group that is either not White or the American standardized African American. Many groups that are outside of these 2 groups are characterized as different or un-American; even if they are American citizens.

There are three media communication concerns relating Black/white Binary: (1) disregarding the existence of Americans that are of ethnicities other than from European or African decent; (2) centralizing all organizations as the dominate white culture and all other cultures; and (3) dismissing relationships between different ethnic groups.

Can Research save the day for the diverse media industry?

There has been some improvement on finding ways to improve the ethical hurdles that are still a stagnate problem in the media communication community. Some of these methods are merely the acceptance of ethnical groups to be a part of the larger groups, and that the source of the information are not just the story but a person of upmost value. There are several other steps that would help with a considerable amount of financing and effort on several parts. Just like the DGA (Directors Guild of American) and the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) has fought with Hollywood on several occasions for woman's rights in the film industry (this is for several positions over the years not just directing). There still is a large gap in the jobs provided and awarded to minority and to people of diverse groups in many communication industries.

References:

* Hopkins, W. E. (1998). Ethical dimensions of diversity. Sage.

* M. T. Blakemore. (2018). White Privilege. Essential Library.

* McDonald, G. (2000). Cross-Cultural Methodological Issues in Ethical Research. Journal of Business Ethics,27(1/2), 89-104. Retrieved July 14, 2021, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/25074366

* Perea, J. (1998). The Black/White binary paradigm of race. The Latino/a condition: A critical reader, 359-368.

* Wiest Lynda R. (2003). Twelve Ways to Have Students Analyze Culture. The Clearing House, 76(3), 136–138.