Diversity and Civil Rights in Emergency Management

Discuss the value of diversity within emergency and disaster management, both in terms of organizational effectiveness and in how organizations as FEMA respond to communities in the aftermath of disasters. In addition, discuss the importance of maintaining civil rights in emergency and disaster response. Provide an overview of two laws specific to emergency and disaster response that have been implemented to protect the rights of disaster victims. Describe how organizations can ensure that these rights are being upheld. Include supporting citations from scholarly, peer-reviewed sources and provide the complete APA reference for each. In your response posts, identify additional recommendations for ensuring ethical decision-making and the protection of civil rights in relation to the specific laws identified by your peers.