Business Librarian
Inclusive Workplaces / Oct. 2023
Amri B. Johnson shared 7 ways to be a more inclusive colleague -- which could easily be adapted to being a more inclusive classmate -- with Fast Company earlier this year (Johnson, 2023). For October 2023, here are 12 books from JMU’s print and electronic collections that offer suggestions on how to create inclusive workplaces.
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Impactful Inclusion Toolkit
Delivers a collection of practical and hands-on exercises that encourage and promote inclusion in the workplace.
Innovating for Diversity
Discover what business visionaries on the frontiers of diverse and equitable hiring are doing to drive change in their organizations.
Interpersonal Communication in the Diverse Workplace
Offers concise, practical strategies for daily communication in an an increasingly diverse workplace.
Inclusion on Purpose
Presents inclusion best practices, showing how leaders and organizations can meaningfully promote inclusion and diversity by centering on the workplace experience of women of color, who are subject to both gender and racial bias.
What's Your Zip Code Story?
Shedding light on class division, this book offers solutions to class bias in the workplace by analyzing real experiences, social norms, education, wealth, and more.
Disability Friendly
Explains the potential of disabled employees, how to create a culture of inclusion, and, in the process, help people with disabilities become proud contributors.
Total Inclusivity at Work
Introduces the concept of Total Inclusivity to organizations, their leaders and employees around the world.
All Are Welcome: How to Build a Real Workplace Culture of Inclusion That Delivers Results
Explains what diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) is and why it matters, and delivers the information and insights you need to make DEIB a key element of your company culture.
Driving Justice, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
By layering in AI and other technologies to support data-driven decision-making, the book guides leaders in navigating their organization's journey along the maturity continuum to achieve their North Star vision of becoming a just and equitable organization.
AI for Diversity
Questions how AI technology can lead to inclusion or exclusion for diverse groups in society. The way data is selected, trained, used, and embedded into societies can have unfortunate consequences unless we critically investigate the dangers of systems left unchecked, and can lead to misogynistic, homophobic, racist, ageist, transphobic, or ableist outcomes.
Ending Checkbox Diversity
Looks at the impact of Zennials and Gen Zers, the most diverse generations ever, and breaks down precisely why some notable examples of poor DEI initiatives failed (and what should have been done differently).
DEI Deconstructed
The definitive comprehensive and foundational text for critically analyzing and applying actionable DEI techniques and strategies, written by one of LinkedIn's most popular experts on DEI.