{"id":3289,"date":"2018-04-24T16:41:14","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T16:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-businesscommunicationmgrs\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=3289"},"modified":"2024-05-13T19:56:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T19:56:30","slug":"introduction-to-combating-bias","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-businesscommunicationmgrs\/chapter\/introduction-to-combating-bias\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Combating Bias","rendered":"Introduction to Combating Bias"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>What you'll learn to do:\u00a0Discuss strategies for creating a functional workplace by combating biases<\/h2>\r\n<img class=\"alignright wp-image-3423 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2785\/2018\/04\/26193916\/30812207421_b0822e91b3_o-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Male presenter next to a large presentation poster. The poster has a bulleted list that says, &quot;Speak your truth, lean into discomfort, commit to non-closure, embrace paradox, seek intentional learning.&quot;\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\r\n\r\nOur perceptions and the resulting judgments we make are prone to error. The terms we use to define our perceptions are often used without a clear understanding of the history of a particular term or the impact it has on the individuals and groups we are defining.\r\n\r\nUnderstanding both the errors and the terminology creates an awareness that is a step toward creating a shared and inclusive view of reality\u2014and possibility\u2014in the workplace.","rendered":"<h2>What you&#8217;ll learn to do:\u00a0Discuss strategies for creating a functional workplace by combating biases<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3423 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2785\/2018\/04\/26193916\/30812207421_b0822e91b3_o-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Male presenter next to a large presentation poster. The poster has a bulleted list that says, &quot;Speak your truth, lean into discomfort, commit to non-closure, embrace paradox, seek intentional learning.&quot;\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our perceptions and the resulting judgments we make are prone to error. The terms we use to define our perceptions are often used without a clear understanding of the history of a particular term or the impact it has on the individuals and groups we are defining.<\/p>\n<p>Understanding both the errors and the terminology creates an awareness that is a step toward creating a shared and inclusive view of reality\u2014and possibility\u2014in the workplace.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-3289\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Introduction to Combating Bias. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Nina Burokas. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Dominic Lopez leads a discussion during the 2016 Diversity Conference. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Oregon Department of Transportation. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Flickr. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/NWLBMx\">https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/NWLBMx<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":62559,"menu_order":18,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Introduction to Combating Bias\",\"author\":\"Nina Burokas\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Dominic Lopez leads a discussion during the 2016 Diversity Conference\",\"author\":\"Oregon Department of Transportation\",\"organization\":\"Flickr\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/NWLBMx\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"090da190-ed1b-4d5f-9712-eed3bd447547","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-3289","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":3236,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-businesscommunicationmgrs\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/3289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-businesscommunicationmgrs\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-businesscommunicationmgrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-businesscommunicationmgrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62559"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-businesscommunicationmgrs\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/3289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6790,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-businesscommunicationmgrs\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/3289\/revisions\/6790"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-businesscommunicationmgrs\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3236"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-businesscommunicationmgrs\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/3289\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-businesscommunicationmgrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-businesscommunicationmgrs\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=3289"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-businesscommunicationmgrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=3289"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-businesscommunicationmgrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=3289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}