Terms
What term refers to the extent to which individuals with diverse backgrounds feel respected, supported, valued, and included in the workplace?
What is Inclusion?
A corporation with employees from diverse backgrounds is facing challenges with integrating employees from various cultural backgrounds into their organization. Some employees feel that their unique cultural practices are not respected or valued within the organization, leading to feelings of exclusion.
What is Diversity?
Leadership commitment and accountability play a small role in the success of diversity and inclusion initiatives.
What is False? Leadership commitment and accountability play a large role in the success of D&I initiatives
A leader consistently listens attentively to perspectives from all team members, including those from diverse backgrounds, during meetings, demonstrating that they value different experiences and views.
What is Role Model?
What term describes a role/position that is characterized by an inclusive environment that values diverse perspectives and ensures all team members feel included?
What is Inclusive Leadership?
A new manager is tasked with leading a team that includes members from various social identity groups. In the past, the teams have experienced exclusion and low motivation due to previous leadership practices.
What is Inclusive Leadership?
Costco actively supports and maintains DEI programs
What is True, supervisor in Training Program and Inclusive Conversation modules
A leader notices a team member being consistently left out of informal team discussions. The leader makes a point to include that team member in conversations and, if the behavior persists, might gently confront the other team members about the importance of including everyone.
What is Ally?
What term refers to subtle, often unintentional, forms of discrimination that communicate a devaluation of an individual’s contributions (can be verbal, behavioral, or environmental)?
What is Microaggressions?
An organization that has a large number of employees from diverse backgrounds but still struggles with creating an environment where all employees feel they can participate and their ideas are equally valued.
What is Inclusion?
Effective D&I initiatives lead to increased innovation, improved decision-making, enhanced engagement, and improved financial performance
What is True?
A leader is aware that a particular employee is often ignored or excluded by their coworkers in team interactions, but the leader chooses to avoid the situation and does nothing to address the exclusionary behavior.
What is Bystander
What term describes the individual-level perception that there are workplace expectations and norms that allow employees to behave in a manner consistent with their self-concept and that values their inclusion?
What is Perceived Organizational Inclusion?
Employees in a company frequently experience subtle comments or behaviors that negatively impact their sense of belonging in the workplace. These incidents are affecting their well-being, psychological health, and job performance.
What is Microaggressions?
Restoring self-esteem, sense of control, and belongingness is necessary when addressing workplace ostracism
What is True? Leaders shold actively help restore self-esteem, belongingness, control, and meaningful existence
A leader argues in a management meeting for a new project assignment process to ensure equitable access to opportunities for all employees, regardless of their identity group.
What is Advocate?
What term describes the presence of differences among individuals, including race, gender, age, sexual orientation, and cultural background?
What is Diversity?
Employees at ABC company report low levels of involvement in work groups, participation in decision-making processes, and access to resources, leading to feelings of exclusion.
What is Perceived Organizational Inclusion?
Based on the Credo from their founder, J&J wants all employees to be the same
What is false? J&J support all employees regardless of background, for example, the employee business resource groups
A leader consistently ignores emails or suggestions from a specific employee and excludes them from important team meetings where their input would be expected, effectively signaling that the employee is not valued or considered part of the inner group.
What is Ostracizer?