Valuing diversity creates opportunities for everyone!
Vision: "We will become a stronger, more competitive company by fostering a climate that recognizes the value of a diverse workforce, thus realizing our full potential — not only as a company, but as individuals."
What is Diversity?
Diversity as we define it means difference. Our premise is that differences in perspectives, experience, backgrounds, etc., can offer benefits to the PPG team. While many believe that diversity only refers to race and gender, at PPG it refers to much more. While these are two very important aspects of diversity, there are many more ways in which we differ.
We also see barriers between co-workers due to cultural, educational, functional, regional, or even style differences. The high school educated technician who is working on a project with the Ph.D. chemist, the production engineer who participates in a development project with the salesperson, the Taiwanese business manager who is transferred to a US facility — all of these are examples of dimensions that can result in communication problems, conflicts and other barriers that impact the organization's success.
We refer to these as the Dimensions of Diversity. These dimensions make us individuals and allow us to make unique contributions to the success of the business.
The Diversity Dimensions are also ways in which we are the same. These similarities allow us to find common ground and enable us to work together effectively to meet the business goals. Successfully managing the diversity of PPG people can result in increased creativity, better problem-solving, improved productivity, reduce interpersonal conflict and improved teamwork. |
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