Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Unconscious Bias Impact
Author: Lynn Fountain
| CPE Credit: |
2 hours for CPAs |
Unconscious bias (or implicit bias) is often defined as "prejudice or unsupported judgments in favor of (or against) one thing, person, or group as compared to another, in a way that is usually considered unfair.” We have all experienced the concept of unconscious bias in the workplace at some point in our career whether we recognized it at the time or not. Many researchers believe unconscious bias will occur as an automatic response of the brain when quick judgments are required. Many unconscious biases in today’s world tend to be exhibited toward minority groups based on factors such as: nationality, class, gender, age, race, ethnicity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, and disability.
Leaders may rely on their past experiences as background for discerning on future judgments. When unconscious biases occurs in an organization, some people benefit while other people are penalized.
Organization’s must be able to recognize the concepts of unconscious bias and proactively develop practices that help the organization move beyond those practices. This will ultimately assist in supporting your DEI program.
Publication Date: July 2022
Designed For
Chief Executive Officers, Senior Executive Management, Board Members, Compliance Professionals, Legal Professionals, and Audit professionals.
Topics Covered
- Recognizing and Defining Unconscious Bias
- Types of Unconscious Bias
- Overall Strategies to Combat Unconscious Bias
- Listening and Employee Psychological Safety
- Organizational Training
- Training Examples
Learning Objectives
- Recognize and define unconscious biases
- Identify types of unconscious bias and methods to combat it
- Recognize how to evaluate overall methods and strategies for combating bias
- Recognize the concepts of how to listen to and understand the need for employee psychological safety
- Recognize how to develop the proper organizational training concepts that can assist in developing the structural dynamics to combat unconscious bias and support a strong DEI program
- Identify how affinity bias can be reduced
- Recognize the remedy to micro-inequities
- Identify what is not a measurement category when training to combat unconscious bias
- Identify one of the first steps towards combating unconscious bias
Level
Basic
Instructional Method
Self-Study
NASBA Field of Study
Behavioral Ethics (2 hours)
Program Prerequisites
None
Advance Preparation
None
