Everyday bias : identifying and navigating unconscious judgements in our daily lives / Howard J. Ross.
2020
Non-Fiction
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Author
Title
Everyday bias : identifying and navigating unconscious judgements in our daily lives / Howard J. Ross.
Edition
Updated edition.
Imprint
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2020]
Copyright
©2020
Description
1 online resource (xxii, 191 pages) : illustrations
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction: Blinded by the light of our bias
If you are human, you are biased
Thinking about thinking
The many faces of bias
Life, death, arrests, and unconscious bias
Who has the power?
Like water for the fish: #MeToo and networks of bias in everyday life
Shifting to neutral: How we can learn to disengage from bias
Incubators of consciousness: Creating more conscious organizations
Conclusion: A brave new world, a grand new journey.
If you are human, you are biased
Thinking about thinking
The many faces of bias
Life, death, arrests, and unconscious bias
Who has the power?
Like water for the fish: #MeToo and networks of bias in everyday life
Shifting to neutral: How we can learn to disengage from bias
Incubators of consciousness: Creating more conscious organizations
Conclusion: A brave new world, a grand new journey.
Summary
If you are human, you are biased. From this fundamental truth, Howard Ross explores the biases we each carry within us. Most people do not see themselves as biased towards people of different races or different genders. And yet in virtually every area of modern life disparities remain. Even in corporate America, which has for the most part embraced the idea of diversity as a mainstream idea, patterns of disparity remain rampant. Why? Breakthroughs in the cognitive and neurosciences give some idea why our results seem inconsistent with our intentions. Bias is natural to the human mind, a survival mechanism that is fundamental to our identity. And overwhelmingly it is unconscious. Incorporating anecdotes from today's headlines alongside case studies from over 30 years as a nationally prominent diversity consultant, Ross help readers understand how unconscious bias impacts our day-to-day lives and particularly our daily work lives. And, he answers the question: Is there anything we can do about it? By providing examples of behaviors that the reader can engage in to disengage the impact of their own biases. With an added appendix that includes lessons for handling conflict and bias in the workplace, this book offers a resource for a broad audience, from individuals seeking to understand and confront their own biases to human resource professionals and business leaders determined to create more bias-conscious organizations in the belief that productivity, personal happiness, and social growth are possible if we first understand the widespread and powerful nature of the biases we don't realize we have.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-179) and index.
Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page ProQuest Ebook Central (viewed June 4, 2021).
Available in Other Form
Print version: Ross, Howard J. Everyday bias. Updated edition. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2020
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Non-Fiction
Language
English
ISBN
9781538142295 (electronic book)
1538142295 (electronic book)
9781538125304 (electronic book)
1538125307 (electronic book )
9781442258655 (hardcover)
1442258659 (hardcover)
1538142295 (electronic book)
9781538125304 (electronic book)
1538125307 (electronic book )
9781442258655 (hardcover)
1442258659 (hardcover)
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