Duke Nursing remains committed to a culture of diversity that reflects the communities in which we live and do business. Our goal is to foster an environment that enables and encourages all members of a diverse workforce to contribute their full potential to help us achieve quality healthcare and maximum business goals, while we deliver customer service excellence.

Diversity refers to human differences and similarities among employees, patients and key constituents that affect the:

• Overall success of the individual employee and the healthcare system
• Work and business environments
• Satisfaction of its patients
• Perceptions of the community and general public of its products and services

We believe that people from a range of backgrounds and experiences can enhance the life and development of the institution and that all individuals should be treated on the basis of individual merit and without prejudice. We, therefore, aim to provide an environment that actively promotes equality of opportunity and freedom from discrimination on grounds of age, cultural background, class, disability, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexual orientation in both education and employment. We will strive vigorously to remove conditions that place people at a disadvantage and will actively combat bigotry and discrimination. We expect all employees, students and associated partner organizations to adopt this policy.