ABUS4545: Mitigating Bias in the Workplace

This course focuses on the employee as an individual and the ways unconscious bias adversely affects organizational culture, including stifling decision-making, productivity, innovation, and market competitiveness. Through self-examination and reflection within the context of their own experience, students will explore the concepts of identity, privilege, and conscious and unconscious bias, as well as their financial impacts on the organization. They will identify ways they can mitigate workplace bias by holding themselves and their organization accountable. The concept of allyship will also be explored. Students will learn how, by putting allyship into practice, they can contribute to the creation of an inclusive work environment. By building empathy, embracing differences, and using emotional intelligence techniques, students will learn how to create and foster a healthy work environment. Throughout the course, they will develop an understanding of the ways recognition of individual biases can unlock the potential of both themselves and the organization. Prerequisites: None

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