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  • Are appointments doomed to bias?
    Bias
    When organisations are consciously trying to establish and hit diversity targets, they may implement an ‘identity-conscious’ approach to recruitment.
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  • Are gender roles learned or innate?
    Bias
    The evidence of our inherent biases can be seen at all levels of the workplace.
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  • Closing the HE attainment gap in psychology
    Bias
    An open letter to: Sarb Bajwa, Chief Executive, British Psychological Society and David Murphy, Current President, British Psychological Society
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  • Diversity, inclusion and unconscious bias – are you making the progress you need to?
    Bias
    If you are reading our newsletter, there is a good chance you are interested in all things diversity, inclusion and bias related.
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  • Does a racial hierarchy exist in your company?
    Bias, Racism at Work
    We’re all aware that there are structural, explicit hierarchies in the workplace. These might be as simple as layers of authority to determine a...
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  • Five ways to reduce bias in decision-making
    Bias
    “Don’t talk to me about diversity now: it’s not even in my top five priorities!”
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  • Has anything changed? #BritsSoWhite
    Bias
    The music industry is often thought of as extremely progressive. When we think of iconic artists such as David Bowie, Prince or Michael Jackson...
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  • How imposter syndrome and racism overlap – and what can be done to tackle it
    Bias
    ‘Imposter syndrome’ is the belief that you are less capable than those around you, that your success is the result of luck or other external factors.
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  • How micro-incivilities can impact wellbeing
    Bias
    Micro-incivilities, are commonplace behaviours or aspects of an environment which signal that someone doesn’t belong, or they’re not welcome.
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  • How Raheem Sterling is shining a spotlight on modern racism
    Bias
    Racism in football is a controversial topic, but it’s one that has recently been brought to the fore by Manchester City player, Raheem Sterling.
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  • How social identity and stereotypes play out in the workplace
    Bias, Racism at Work
    Throughout any given day, we constantly interact with other people. Many of us take the simplest social cues for granted...
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  • How to be an active ally
    Bias, Racism at Work
    When was the last time you heard someone say or do something racist at work? Perhaps it was a derogatory comment made based on a...
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  • Intersectionality: What is it and how does it affect the workplace?  
    Bias
    While society has made progress in recognising gender and BAME  groups in their own respective rights, recognition of intersectionality is still...
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  • Micro-incivilities – Do the little things matter?
    Bias
    I’m fascinated by micro-incivilities and with the launch of Binna Kandola’s book ‘Racism at Work: The Danger of Indifference’, it feels like a good...
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  • Racism through exclusion
    Bias
    70% of employees involved in a recent study reported feeling excluded at work in the last six months. Given that our need to fit in is such a...
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  • Reducing bias in recruitment: Why the phrase ‘good fit’ should always be challenged
    Bias
    The idea of a ‘good fit’ can have a significant impact on which candidates are successful during a recruitment process. We need to understand how...
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  • Should we let boys be boys and girls be girls?
    Bias
    There’s been a lot in the UK news in recent weeks about gender stereotyping, and the impact it is having on children.
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  • The rise of ‘proximity bias’ and how you can tackle it
    Bias, Leadership
    Before COVID-19 altered the world of work irreversibly, remote working was seen as a privilege for only a trusted few to enjoy. There was a pervasive
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  • What exactly is unconscious bias?
    Bias
    Most of us would never describe ourselves as racist. Yet, while we see ourselves as liberal, egalitarian and open-minded, both as individuals and...
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  • What is ‘ageism’ and how can we tackle it?
    Bias
    What’s the first thing that comes into your mind when we talk about ‘discrimination’? Race? Gender? Sexuality? Of all forms of discrimination...
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  • What is considered racism at work and how do I make a complaint?
    Bias, Racism at Work
    The idea that racism is alive and well in our workplaces is an uncomfortable one. However, research we have conducted at Pearn Kandola has found...
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  • What is modern racism? How and why racism has mutated
    Bias, Racism at Work
    Racism has been likened to a virus that mutates, taking on different forms as it adapts to a changing environment.
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  • Why the race pay gap deserves the same attention as the gender pay gap
    Bias
    In 2018, the gender pay gap took up a lot of column inches. Whether it be large businesses having to publicly declare their pay discrepancies...
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