Answer the following questions:
#1. Assume that you are the training manager for a small company of 300 employees. The company has 5% employees from underserved populations and 20% of the employees are women. The company has recently instituted policies regarding diversity and inclusion that many of the senior employees regard as unnecessary. Recommend at least two ways your training department can support the diversity and inclusion policies. Provide a rationale for each recommendation.
#2.
What is the purpose of unconscious bias training? Provide an example of how unconscious bias training can affect who gets to attend training or who is asked to participate in development activities.
Do you think that disbanding employee resource groups such as those for women, Hispanics, veterans, and other groups helps or hinders efforts to improve diversity and inclusion in the workplace? Explain why.
