Diversity is an important consideration in the formation of groups. For example, Monssanto Agricultural Company, now simply Monsanto Company, created a task force titled Valuing Diversity to address subtle discrimination resulting from workforce diversity. The original task force was titled Eliminating Subtle Discrimination (ESC) and was composed of fifteen women,minorities, and white males. Subtle discrimination might include the use of gender or culture-specific language.Monosanto and the task force's intent was to build on individual differences-whether in teams of gender, race, or culture-in developing a dominant heterogeneous culture.