Book description
A groundbreaking book that offers approaches for changing the hidden biases in the workplace
This is an eye-opening examination of the causes and dynamics of bias in the workplace, offering a psychological, political, and societal analysis of the actual cost of bias to the bottom line. The authors make the hurdles that women and minorities face in the workplace as personal to the reader as they are to those who face them. Giving Notice is filled with sensible approaches for solving the current imbalance and challenges us to rethink unconscious ideas about stereotypes and commonly accepted business practices.
Freada Kapor Klein (San Francisco, CA) is an internationally noted consultant and diversity expert. She has been quoted in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and on the Today show, Nightline, and NBC Nightly News. Kimberly Allers (Bayshore, NY) was a writer at Fortune magazine and is a frequent guest speaker at professional development and women-oriented seminars. Martha Mendoza (Santa Cruz, CA) is a national writer for the Associated Press. She won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting.
Table of contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Introduction
- The Meritocracy Myth: is the Playing Field Level?
- Slights Unseen
- From The Top
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The Cost of Bias
- Personal Costs: Job Stress
- Personal Costs: Beyond the Office
- Corporate Costs: Ignoring the Problem
- Corporate Costs: Using a Company Complaint Channel
- Corporate Costs: Turnover
- Corporate Costs: Damaged Reputations
- Reputational Risks: Unfairness
- Societal Costs: Workers, Jobs, and the Economy
- Conclusion
- Does Blink = Bias?
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Dismantling Barriers from the Inside
- Doing It the Wrong Way
- Focus Groups
- Surveys: An Overview
- Systems Audits: Questions to Consider
- Performance Review Audit
- Corporate Leavers: What My Employer Could Have Done to Help Me Stay
- Dismantling Barriers, Part 1: Policies Governing Inappropriate Behavior
- Dismantling Barriers, Part 2: Problem-Solving and Complaint Channels
- Dismantling Barriers, Part 3: Training
- Conclusion
- Know The Signs from the Outside
- Bias Around the World
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Ten Steps Back
- The Earliest Barriers: Housing, Health Care, and Instability
- Educational Barriers: Disparity in the Schools
- Dismantling Educational Barriers
- Diploma Justice: Why Judging a Candidate by His or Her School Can Be a Mistake
- Barriers to Success in University
- Barriers to Getting That First Job: Tracking and Privilege
- Conclusion
-
Toward a New Framework
- Diversity Training: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?
- Pricey Excuses: A Top Moneymaker is a Top Harasser
- Why Bias And Barriers Have Been Hidden
- The New Ledger
- Discrimination Laws' Double-Edged Sword
- Four Simple Steps
- Who Is Responsible?
- Guiding Principles
- Organizational Commitments and a Principle-Based Approach
- The Prize
- What's in a Resume?
- Determining the Cost of Unfairness
- Sources of Corporate Leaver Stories
- Notes
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References
- Acknowledgments
- The Author
Product information
- Title: Giving Notice: Why the Best and the Brightest Leave the Workplace and How You Can Help Them Stay
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2007
- Publisher(s): Jossey-Bass
- ISBN: 9780787998097
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