Lawyers need far more evidence than other audiences, according to Edgar. When she and her partner teach lawyers, “we tend to have more studies and more statistics about diversity in the legal profession,” she said. For example, a 2014 study found that law firm partners gave more positive feedback to a memo written by a hypothetical white associate than the same memo written by a hypothetical black associate.
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If you are not helping to create an inclusive culture, your rewards, your career trajectory and possibly even your employment will be impacted," Nadella wrote in a memo.
Read MoreDiverse and inclusive business practices increase a business' bottom line—better perspectives make for better products and better products make for happier customers.
Read MoreShould men accept powerful women and not feel threatened by them? Yes. Is that asking too much? IS IT? Sorry I didn’t mean to get aggressive there. Anyhoo, here are 9 non-threatening leadership strategies for women.
Read MoreIn fact, a “filling the seats” diversity focus often led to increased bias and related behaviors among colleagues. Though they looked diverse on paper, they acted quite the opposite.
Read MoreImplicit bias describes the automatic association people make between groups of people and stereotypes about those groups.
Read MoreJoy tells the story that the facial recognition software recognized all the white-skinned people, but it couldn't "see" her dark-skinned face – unless she put on a white mask.
Read MoreResearch has shown that we tend to unconsciously group people into a specific social class and prejudice against them based on their accents.
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