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From the options provided in the topic selection, I have chosen the United States Postal Service (USPS) for my final paper.
1. What are the main activities of this organization?
The United States Postal Service is an independent governmental agency that provides postal service in every nook and cranny of the United States. The main work of the organization is to deliver the mail safely, but the work of this organization isn’t limited to just delivering the mail; instead, it has extended the services for social responsibility, business services, and government services. Under social responsibility, the postal service is committed to providing sustainability of service. The organization is investing in new technology and vehicles to provide effective and prompt service to society and its people. The environment has always been a concern area for USPS as it carries out environmental compliance reviews in different parts of the country and uses the gathered information for the betterment of its environmental activities. Not only this, but USPS also provides training and required information on the site to its employees. Other activities include helping find missing children. The organization has been involved in numerous community activities to enhance the community by educating and supporting in many fields, from helping to fundraise, organizing bone marrow donor programs, and also helping find missing children. They also conduct dog bite awareness weeks as almost 5,800 USPS employees were attacked by dogs in the year 2020. Similarly, USPS performs several government services, like providing tax forms, providing passport services, election mail, political mail, etc.
2. Where is it located? What geography does it serve?
The headquarters of the United States Postal Service is located in Washington, D.C., but the service of the organization doesn’t end there. Currently, the organization runs almost 31,000 post offices in the United States and provides services to people nationwide. Therefore, the working area of USPS isn’t limited to one specific geographical area.
3. What is the mission statement of the organization?
The mission statements of this organization are listed below:
a. To serve the American people and, through the universal service obligation, bind our nation together by maintaining and operating our unique, vital, and resilient infrastructure.
b. To provide trusted, safe and secure communications and services between our Government and the American people, businesses and their customers, and the American people with each other.
c. To serve all areas of the nation while making full use of evolving technologies.
4. Was it easy to find the diversity statement on the website? Was it located somewhere visible on the homepage, or did you have to dig for it?
I didn’t have to dig more on the website as the diversity statement was found easily in the careers section of the organization. Although it was not visible on the homepage, it wasn’t that difficult to search for. Under the careers section, I found the information related to diversity and inclusion in "Working at USPS." The organization states diversity and inclusion as their main factors to success.
I have listed 10 readings that I intend to use in my final paper in the reference section.
Reference:
Bourke, Smith, Stockton, & Wakefild (2014). From diversity to inclusion
Yadav & Lenka (2020). Diversity Management: A Systematic Review
Saidel, & Loscocco (2005). Agency leaders, gendered institutions, and representative bureaucracy.
DiMillo et al. (2021). Addressing race in the workplace: Advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Roberts & Mayo (2019). Towards a racially just workplace.
Feeney & Camarena (2021). Gender, race, and diversity values among local government leaders.
Bishu & Headly (2020). Equal employment opportunity: Women bureaucrats in male-dominated professions.
Hossain et al. (2020). Do LGBT workplace diversity policies create value for firms?
