12/19/2017

The Danger of Unconscious Bias in HR Decisions and How to Overcome It

Sadly, discrimination remains highly prevalent within the workplace

Discrimination is pervasive within our society and is, therefore, highly prevalent within the workplace, affecting a number of business decisions. This discrimination can be based on skin color, gender, age, height, weight, religion, disability status or even where an individual was educated.

In the workplace, this can take the form of social stereotyping, resulting in biases that affect decisions such as recruitment, hiring, promotion, job advancement opportunities, retention and evaluations. 

Recently, there has been a move to use more finite methods to challenge individuals’ unconscious biases, such as the implicit association test, as unconscious biases have been acknowledged as being more detrimental to businesses than conscious bias.

Please click here to read the complete article from Human Resources Director - Australia.