Unconscious Bias

3. The behavior that shows favoritism towards one gender over another. This role will require significant amount of travelling which a woman employee can’t do due to her household commitments
4. In social psychology, this refers to a generalized belief about a particular social group. You are an Asian, you must be great at Math!
6. The practice of doing something only to prevent criticism and give the appearance that people are being treated fairly. They have hired him only because he is gay, they won’t give him any actual leadership role.
7. Bias An unreasonably high confidence in the belief that the information/behavior of a person with formal authority is correct.
9. This is the act of treating someone as if they are not important and relegating them to the fringe of the social hierarchy. He doesn’t come from a strong economic background; I don’t think he can afford the membership fees.
11. Discriminating against an individual owing to their age. For example, refusing to hire people over or under a certain age. Or having preconceived notions such as viewing older people as lacking energy, and Millennials as being entitled.
13. Any condition that limits an individual’s ability to perform certain activities A person with physical disability cannot do justice to a Sales role.
14. Being critical of people very quickly, in an unfair way. This candidate may not work for us, because they are dressed shabbily.

1. A comment or action that subtly and often unconsciously expresses a prejudiced attitude. You are so good looking, for a dark-skinned person!
2. This is the acknowledgement that everyone has their own unique experiences of discrimination and oppression. There is a wage gap between men and women, however black women in particular experience an even greater divide.
5. The unfair treatment based on any person’s inherent characteristics such as race, gender, and sexual orientation. For example, a workplace adopts a rule of not hiring recently wed women.
8. A social group that shares a common and distinctive culture, language, beliefs, religion, or behavior and other such traits. You are an Asian American, I believe you can do far better in Asian Markets.
10. An unfounded feeling of being better than others created merely by being a part of a select community. He may not gel with the pace of the team, because he comes from a small town.
12. Describing someone using a single word or a short phrase You might look at someone who is a few pounds overweight and term them “lazy”.