Dealing with Unconscious Bias in the Workplace Unconscious bias is actually a rather scary concept‚ but it is nonetheless something that nearly everybody is subject to. In simple terms‚ unconscious bias refers to the biases that we have towards others that are not in our conscious control. When we meet people‚ we make instant assessments of them‚ normally based on our own experiences‚ and cultural environment and background. Most of us like to believe that we’re open-minded and objective‚ however
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u r n a l h o m e p a g e : w w w. e l s ev i e r. c o m / l o c a t e / j e s p Gender bias in employment contexts: A closer examination of the role incongruity principle☆ Crystal L. Hoyt ⁎ Jepson School of Leadership Studies‚ University of Richmond‚ USA a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 3 May 2011 Revised 8 August 2011 Available online 17 August 2011 Keywords: Gender bias Role incongruity Employment discrimination Political ideology Traditional gender role
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BACKGROUND Omega Research is a rapidly growing research and consulting firm. They have a single main office located in Reston‚ VA and three small branch offices located in San Diego‚ CA‚ Salem‚ OR‚ and Kansas City‚ MO. Omega is not currently involved in e-commerce or business-tobusiness relationships. Two weeks ago‚ Omega experienced a significant loss of proprietary data (estimated value $550‚000.00) that was stored electronically in an Oracle database in their main office in Reston. The data
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Oedipus is a king‚ running a country‚ but instead of trying to make things right by finding the person who killed former king‚ Laius‚ he sends his brother-in-law‚ Creon‚ to find out for him. When Creon comes back‚ Oedipus hope it be nothing but good news. The gods told Creon that the one responsible for King Laius murder must be exiled. Jocasta was Laius wife when Laius was murdered. Jocasta and Oedipus got married. Oedipus suspects that the gods told Creon who killed Laius‚ but he denies it. Oedipus
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The way that journalism in the USA portrays Neo-Liberalism leads me to believe a majority of Americans might be hoodwinked into believing that’s the way life is supposed to be. Liberalism and Political Economic Liberalism or Neo-Liberalism‚ are only related by the word liberal and only the word. Liberalism is a way in which people are involved in a society where free speech‚ equal opportunities‚ and human rights and dignity are common place. The USA was built on these kinds of principles and President
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Although some of the worst employment discrimination was eliminated by the Civil Rights Act in 1964‚ many women continue to undergo unfair and unlawful discrimination in the workplace. Even though women have come a long way‚ they are still being discriminated against in certain fields of work. High-end jobs‚ most commonly large companies and medical fields‚ continue to discriminate against women even though they have the same job qualifications as men. There are many different ways in which women
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Media Bias We face Today Media bias is the bias or perceived bias of journalist and news producers within the media in the media in selection of events and stories that are reported and how they are covered. Media Bias has been going on for quite a while and people are unaware on who’s to blame. I disagree I blame the journalist and producers for spreading the bias across the world for entertainment and money‚ it is not right and should be stopped. There are many types of media bias‚ there
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"The subtle ways colleges discriminate against poor students" by Alvin Chang‚ begins by discussing‚ while more Americans are attending college‚ the wealth gap is growing. At the same time‚ college degrees are worth less and less. The chance of poor students graduating high school is much lower than that of the wealthier students. This causes other issues for underprivileged kids‚ even when they make it to college. Besides financial issues‚ colleges teach certain values that only help out the wealthier
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(1) Bias by commission which is‚ “a pattern of passing along assumptions or error that tend to support a left-wing or liberal view.” (2) Bias by omission which is “ignoring facts that tend to disprove liberal or left-wing claims‚ or that support conservative beliefs.” (3) Bias by story selection which is “a pattern of highlighting new stories that coincide with the agenda of the Left while ignoring stores that coincide with the agenda of the Right.” (4) Bias by placement which is
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Bias is putting across an unfair or one sided opinion. If you had to write a fair and true story of a hockey game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings you would have to describe exactly happened. VS. “The Leafs were so lucky on Saturday. The superb and skillful Wings players were beaten by the lucky‚ cheating Leafs players. The referee was totally biased. He allowed five goals that were all offside. I have never seen so much luck and cheating.” This story of a hockey
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