Equal Opps and Diversity

Diversity - You can have a mixture of races working in the same company, of which there maybe some have different needs, for instance if someone is of a religion that has to pray at certain times of the day, the employer would need to accommodate this if not they could be seen to be treating them unfairly which could lead to tribunal. Now once the employer does accommodate this then they need to ensure that it is done in a fair way, so they would not be able to give them extra breaks, as this would again be treating them differently to other staff and this could lead to complaints/tribunal from the other members of staff, this is diversity.

Equality - Equality defined basically means equal rights for people regardless of what factors they might have that is different. Equality states that because they are human they must be equal. For example men and women doing the same job, men has starting wage at £18,000 women's starting wage £16,000 the woman complains and then discovers that it is only her not all women who have this starting wage, she can then ask them to put her inline with everyone else so then she would be equal.

A stereotype is a generalization about a group of people in which identical characteristics are assigned to virtually all member of the group, regardless of actual variations among group members. Stereotyping involves an act of categorization where we look at a person and by virtue of an attribute, physical feature, or behaviour we can assign that person to a group. Some basic features on which people stereotype others are age, race, and gender; however, there are probably an infinite number of categories in which we can stereotype someone. The use of stereotypes is pervasive. 
The media can be a powerful tool in creating or reinforcing stereotypes. An example is the public perception that youth crime is on the rise, or out of control.
This impression has been created largely through media coverage of alarming stories about property crimes, and incidents involving so-called youth gangs. Negative stereotypes not only affect how adults see teenagers, they influence how teenagers see themselves.

There are several ways in which organisations can attemt to change these attitudes, one is that they can start following the new legislations.