Diversity training is training for the purpose of increasing participants' cultural awareness, knowledge, and skills, which is based on the assumption that the training will benefit an organization by protecting against civil rights violations, increasing the inclusion of different identity groups, and promoting better teamwork.
Diversity training has been a controversial issue, due to moral considerations as well as questioned efficiency or even counterproductivity.
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