Title |
Moving Beyond Bias |
Authors |
- K.S. White
ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
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Abstract |
The benefits of diverse work groups have been well documented, and our leaders speak of the need for our laboratories to become more diverse and inclusive. Despite these motivators, the field of accelerator controls remains strikingly homogeneous. This trend continues despite many long standing programs to attract underrepresented groups to STEM careers and the explicit desire of leadership to create more inclusive organizations. Research consistently points to the strong role implicit bias plays in preventing organizations from truly providing equal opportunities. The desire to become more diverse must be coupled with a strong culture, cultivated to change deeply rooted practices which influence recruiting, hiring, development, and promotion decisions based on stereotypes rather than accomplishments and abilities. Real change in this arena requires intentional action across the board, not just from human resources and underrepresented groups. This paper discusses practical approaches to changing organizational culture to enable diverse work groups to grow and thrive.
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Funding |
This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under contract number DE-AC05-00OR22725. |
Paper |
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Conference |
ICALEPCS2019 |
Series |
International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems (17th) |
Location |
New York, NY, USA |
Date |
05-11 October 2019 |
Publisher |
JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland |
Editorial Board |
Karen S. White (ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN, USA); Kevin A. Brown (BNL, Upton, NY, USA); Philip S. Dyer (BNL, Upton, NY, USA); Volker RW Schaa (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany) |
Online ISBN |
978-3-95450-209-7 |
Online ISSN |
2226-0358 |
Received |
03 October 2019 |
Accepted |
09 October 2019 |
Issue Date |
30 August 2020 |
DOI |
doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2019-MOCPR04 |
Pages |
110-114 |
Copyright |
Published by JACoW Publishing under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 International license. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s), the published article's title, publisher, and DOI. |
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