ABSTRACT
This chapter provides information relevant to the development of diversity management in Europe over the 1990s. It illustrates the value of typologies to classify and evaluate organisational practices in an international context. The chapter provides empirical material to form the basis of a new classificatory typology of organisational initiatives against racial and ethnic discrimination. The aim of this typology is to enable to put into context and better comprehend developments under the heading of diversity management, and related initiatives, in EU member states. The Joint Declaration recommends a range of measures that can make a positive contribution towards preventing discrimination at the workplace. The diversity commitment was set out in Volvo's corporate philosophy: Volvo is a global organisation with different cultures from all parts of the world. The diversity management level is the most ambitious of all because it addresses the whole organisation itself, implies major changes in organisations practices and culture, and is adopted the senior management level.
