This course will help financial professionals to better align their practice to support diversity, equity, and inclusivity concerning race and ethnicity. The course will explore definitions of race and ethnicity to help individuals gain a greater appreciation of themselves as both unique people and members of groups. Participants will be able to identify how historical factors influence current trends that affect marginalized individuals at the cellular level. An emphasis will be placed on the psychological underpinnings of bias, how that creates difficulties in the work environment, and specific actions that can be taken to prevent and remediate bias in the workplace.
This course will provide accountants with the knowledge, awareness, and skills to contribute to greater levels of diversity, equity, and inclusivity in their workplace in the domains of race and ethnicity.
After reading the course material, you will be able to:
This course is designed for financial and accounting professionals wishing to increase their ability to support individuals of ethnically marginalized backgrounds. Given the increasing rates of ethnic diversity in the United States, this is an essential topic for ethical practice in financial professions. Furthermore, everyone should be interested in developing their capacity for cultural fluency because evidence suggests greater diversity is associated with more profitability and better performance metrics.
