Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Flashcards

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The similarities and differences between individuals, accounting for all aspects of one’s personality and individual identity

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Diversity

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Traits that are easily recognizable and visible - culture, race, gender, age. nationality, etc.

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Legacy Diversity

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Diversity based on lived experiences - where someone grew up, went to school, family, etc.

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Experiential Diversity

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Diversity based on different perspectives, resulting from education and socioeconomic background

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Thought Diversity

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5
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Extent to which each person in an org feels welcomed, respected, supported, and valued

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Inclusion

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Providing additional resources to those who need them to take fair advantage of opportunities within a company

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Equity

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Benefits of DE&I

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  • improved creativity and innovation
  • recruitment and retention
  • market strengths
  • branding
  • global integration and local differentiation
  • increased revenue
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Strategic value of DE&I

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Capturing talent, understanding markets, diverse perspective for innovation, knowing how to pitch products, knowing how to generate employee commitment

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6 Basic steps to DE&I

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  1. Educate your leaders
  2. Form an inclusion council
  3. Celebrate employee differences
  4. Listen to employees
  5. Hold more-effective meetings
  6. Communicate goals and measure progress
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How DE&I can gain commitment at an org’s highest level

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By demonstrating its ability to play a critical role in achieving core business goals

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Voluntary group for employees who share a particular diversity dimension - social network and support group, career development resource, advocacy group

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Employee Resource Group (ERG)

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12
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Model empathy and be ambassadors for change, advocating for people who are underrepresented, working to correct uneven opportunities

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Allyship

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An individual feeling that they are able to speak up, question, ask for help, and admit mistakes

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Psychological Safety

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14
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Pervasive and universal, everyone has some form

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Unconscious Bias

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15
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Assumptions made based on shared/similar experiences

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Affinity Bias

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16
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Subtle, common, and quick insults and behaviors that convey negative or hostile messaging toward certain marginalized groups

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Microaggressions

17
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Feeling that success is due to luck, not hard work or skill, can leave individuals feeling unfit for their current role

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Imposter syndrome

18
Q

Defensive behavior that occurs when an org recruits a diverse workforce, but promotes assimilation rather than inclusion

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Covering

19
Q

Additional workload generated for members of an underrepresented group due to their requested participation in DE&I efforts

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Cultural Taxation

20
Q

What type of culture instills psychological safety and helps prevent imposter syndrome?

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Culture of empowerment, accountability, courage, and humility

21
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Measurement that assesses how we did, what went well, what didn’t, and why

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Process Measurement

22
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Measurement that assesses the difference the initiative made to the org

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Results Measurement

23
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DE&I Metrics

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  • gender diversity
  • racial diversity
  • retention rates for diverse employees
  • SHRM empathy index
  • diversity of external stakeholders
24
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5 Different components used to assess inclusion in the workplace for SHRM empathy index

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  1. belonging
  2. inclusion
  3. openness
  4. conflict management
  5. non-discriminatory practices
25
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Purpose of a diversity pay audit

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To determine if particular sets of individuals are paid less on average than others, to identify and address these pay gaps

26
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Disclose the results of a pay audit - salary paid to similar positions examined through the lens of dimensions of diversity

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Pay equity reports

27
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Publishing pay scales, helps employees feel their pay is equitable throughout the workforce and helps minimize pay gaps between groups

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Pay transparency