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Key EDI & B Concepts in Business & Management

The eBooks in this area highlight library resources which reflect some of the EDI & B issues and trends in business and management such as supporting diversity, gender equity in leadership, and how stereotypes and unconscious bias influence our decision making. This is not an exhaustive list and highlights eBooks. Suggested search terms for searching the library databases are provided at the bottom of this page.

The Inclusive Organization: Real Solutions, Impactful Change, and Meaningful Diversity by Netta Jenkins
ISBN: 1119910137
Publication Date: 2023
Many employees across all levels and organizations are looking to drive actionable impact, but unfortunately lack the knowledge and support in doing so. Jenkins discusses human behavior, workplace psychology, and shares her DEI-tested framework for success. You'll read about: The "how" of DEI implementation with actionable steps; Creating your own customized DEI roadmap with worksheet examples and toolkits; Stories and firsthand observations that bring to life important concepts. This book will help any organization improve their DEI initiatives and create the sustainable and scalable change employees want to see within their workplace.
Creating an Lgbt+ Inclusive Workplace: The Practical Resource Guide for Business Leaders by Kryss Shane
ISBN: 9780367678128
Publication Date: 2021
This approachable and easy to follow book guides current and future leaders of all industries toward appropriate and proven ways to create safer working environments, update company policies, enhance continuing education and training, and better support LGBT+ people in the workplace.The author aims to enable professionals in all aspects of professional roles to integrate foundational concepts into their everyday interactions with staff at all levels as well as within the community to create an overall workplace culture that nurtures a welcoming, inclusive, and affirming environment for all.
Demanding More by Sheree Atcheson
ISBN: 9781398600447
Publication Date: 2021
Look around you. Is your workplace as diverse and accepting as it should be? From accusations of racism in high political office, award-winning actors admitting the sets they work on aren't inclusive, to everyday occurrences of sexism, ageism, racism and more, we are far from where we need to be. Demanding More is THE diversity and inclusion book you need to read. Moving beyond HR speak, this book clearly explains what diversity and inclusion are and what it means in the everyday experience of millions of people, both at work and in life.
Diversity and Inclusion in Organizations by Dianna L. Stone (Editor); James H. Dulebohn (Editor); Kimberly M. Lukaszewski (Editor)
ISBN: 9781648020063
Publication Date: 2020
Some estimates indicate that by 2060 ethnic minorities in the U. S. will make up the majority of the population, and national minority group members will constitute over 14% of the 770 million people in the European Union. Thus, organizations around the world are faced with numerous challenges associated with attracting, motivating, and retaining employees who are culturally diverse, and we need a better understanding of how to increase the inclusion of diverse group members in organizations.
Driving Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion by Kristina Kohl
ISBN: 1000533670
Publication Date: 2022
Despite a growing focus on justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion, the imbalance of power remains within our institutions, organizations, and social systems. To move the needle, leaders can turn to this book, which explains developing a North Star vision and creating a strategy to redesign organizational process and systems, as well as leveraging tools for data-driven decision-making. It presents a framework to build an inclusive organization as well as a model to engage and support senior and middle management beginning the process of capacity building and systemic change.
Expand Beyond Your Current Culture : Diversity and Inclusion for CEOs and Leadership by Leslie Short
ISBN: 9781947540149
Publication Date: 2021
Successful diversity and inclusion requires D&I programs that are strategic and proactive, with unlimited vision, are part of an overall organizational culture. Unfortunately, most approaches to these programs haven't been successful - half of all workers from underrepresented groups experience bias every day at work even though their organizations have D&I programs in place. This book examines the evolving D&I challenges that organizations face, to show leaders how to ensure that all employees have opportunities to express who they are and are comfortable doing so.
It's Time to Talk about Race at Work: Every Leader's Guide to Making Progress on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion by Kelly McDonald
ISBN: 9781119790877
Publication Date: 2021
This book will help you successfully create a fair and equitable workplace that recognizes diverse talent and fosters productive and constructive conversations in your organization. The author does not approach diversity from the standpoint of social activism or an HR perspective. Instead, she shows you exactly what to do and how to do it so that you can make real progress on diversity and inclusion, regardless of the size of your organization.
Performance Through Diversity and Inclusion by Ruth Sessler Bernstein; Paul F. Salipante; Judith Y. Weisinger
ISBN: 9780367822484
Publication Date: 2021
This book provides practical guidance for managers, leaders, diversity officers, educators, and students to achieve the benefits of diversity by focusing on creating meaningful, inclusive interactions. Implementing inclusive interaction practices, along with accountability practices, enhances performance outcomes for the organization and improves equity for members of historically underrepresented and marginalized groups.
The Power of Belonging: How to Develop Safety, Inclusion, and Belonging for Leaders and Organizations. by Sunita Sehmi
ISBN: 9781953349866
Publication Date: 2021
The Power of Belonging addresses the challenges faced by leaders today, both when influencing and achieving organizational goals. This is also a book for individuals too, because we cannot define ourselves by single dimensions--we are a synthesis of our backgrounds, experiences and philosophies. Thus, the most challenging lesson to learn is that belonging will remain a puzzle until we find that it has a unique dwelling place--that we must first profoundly belong to ourselves.
The Token: Common Sense Ideas for Increasing Diversity in Your Organization by Crystal Byrd Farmer
ISBN: 9781771423403
Publication Date: 2020
With a blunt style that pulls no punches, the author tells you how it is, calling you out on tokenism, while extending a hand to help your organization make real transformative change toward diversity and inclusion. Coverage includes: What marginalized people experience and what they need to feel safe and comfortable in order to succeed; Doing "The Work" – how to have deep conversations with your membership about the reality of bias, privilege, and microaggressions; How to choose appropriate meeting locations and establish ground rules, when to bring in outside help, and how to recruit support within your organization; Strategies on how to talk to friends who are resistant to progressive ideas. This no-nonsense, provocative, humorous, and accessible guide is for all well-meaning people leading progressive organizations who acknowledge the need for diversity but don't know where to start.

Creating Gender-inclusive Organizations by edited by Ellen Ernst Kossek and Kyung-Hee Lee
ISBN: 9781487518608
Publication Date: 2020
This book examines key themes relevant to advancing women in organizations and the need for individual and organizational mechanisms to foster career agility, with a constant focus on how to bridge research to practice. Providing insights on gender inclusion, mentoring, team diversity, and female leadership, this book provides actual hands-on advice from experts on how to leverage human resource and organizational strategies to advance women and close the gender gap. It is a must-read for management leaders, HR professionals, and gender and diversity organizational scholars of all levels.
The Culture of Women in Tech by Mariann Hardey
ISBN: 9781789734263
Publication Date: 2019
This book offers a critical analysis of contemporary and global tech culture and exposes the gender bias of masculine tech ideology and stereotypes. The author examines the rise of entrepreneurial work and leadership, the contemporary urban setting of global tech work, and specifically women's place in tech clusters. The book engages with attempts by women to establish and then sustain their professional status and long-term careers, despite predatory social media trolling and inappropriate sexualized behaviour.
Glass Half-Broken: Shattering the Barriers That Still Hold Women Back at Work by Colleen Ammerman; Boris Groysberg
ISBN: 9781633695931
Publication Date: 2021
In this book, the authors reveal the pervasive organizational obstacles and managerial actions—limited opportunities for development, lack of role models and sponsors, and bias in hiring, compensation, and promotion—that create gender imbalances. Bringing to light the key findings from the latest research in psychology, sociology, organizational behavior, and economics, the authors show that throughout their careers—from entry-level to mid-level to senior-level positions—women get pushed out of the leadership pipeline, each time for different reasons.
Leadership and Power in International Development by Randal Joy Thompson (Editor); Julia Storberg-Walker (Editor)
ISBN: 9781787438804
Publication Date: 2018
The contributors of this book highlight their diverse experiences with context, culture, power, gender and sustainability, and they offer strategies and lessons learned derived from their own challenges and successes. The book offers a new model or framework for leading in international development contexts. Through an innovative practice to theory process, the first chapter of the book, a framework for successfully leading international development projects in the 21st century is provided. The framework can be used for designing leadership development programs as well as for future research in leading in international development contexts.
What Works by Iris Bohnet
ISBN: 9780674089037
Publication Date: 2016
Gender equality is a moral and a business imperative but unconscious bias holds us back, and de-biasing people's minds has proven to be difficult and expensive. Diversity training programs have had limited success, and individual effort alone often invites backlash. Behavioral design offers a new solution. By de-biasing organizations instead of individuals, we can make smart changes that have big impacts. Presenting research-based solutions, the author hands us the tools we need to move the needle in classrooms and boardrooms, in hiring and promotion, benefiting businesses, governments, and the lives of millions.
Women in Leadership by Karin Klenke (Editor)
ISBN: 9781787430631
Publication Date: 2017
This book acknowledges and discusses the belief that the context in which women exercise leadership is critically important in shaping their leadership style. Each chapter opens with a vignette of an extraordinary leader in the respective context, presents a contextual analysis, and discusses issues, controversies and paradoxes germane to the context of interest.

Erasing Institutional Bias: How to Create Systemic Change For Organizational Inclusion by Tiffany Jana; Ashley Diaz Mejias
ISBN: 9781523097586
Publication Date: 2018
The author offers concrete ways for anyone to work against institutional bias no matter what their position is in an organization. This book aims to impact systemic change in organizations by bringing together in-depth research on how biases (i.e. racism, sexism, hiring and advancement bias and retribution bias) become embedded into workplace cultures with practical and engaging tools that will mobilize readers toward action. In a world divided, this book is designed to raise awareness about imbalances and help us hold ourselves accountable for creating a world that works for everyone. Each of us can evaluate our own current role in perpetuating systemic bias and define our new role in breaking it down.
The Illusion of Inclusion by Helen Turnbull
ISBN: 9781631574580
Publication Date: 2016
Having a diverse workforce is no guarantee that the work environment is inclusive. Companies hire for diversity and manage for similarity, teaching them directly and indirectly what they have to do to fit in to the corporate culture. This book exposes a myriad of diverse reasons why people are not more fully engaged and offers you the key to unlock the "Geometry of Inclusion". This book explores the complexity of inclusion; where affinity bias or "mini-me" syndrome and the need to fit in are unconsciously blocking our ability to be inclusive. It offers a road map and an easy to comprehend model on how to minimize the impact of unconscious and conscious biases in order to embed an inclusive organizational culture.
Inclusive Conversations by Mary-Frances Winters
ISBN: 9781523088812
Publication Date: 2020
The author of this book offers specific dialogue strategies to foster greater understanding on the following topics: recognizing the importance of creating equity and sharing power. dealing with the "fragility" of dominant groups and their discomfort in engaging with historically subordinated groups; addressing the exhaustion historically marginalized groups feel from constantly explaining their different lived experience; exploring how to build trust and create psychologically safe spaces for dialogue. This guide is comprehensive for anyone who wants to break down the barriers that separate us and facilitate discussions on potentially polarizing topics.
Overcoming Bias: Building Authentic Relationships Across Differences by Tiffany Jana; Matthew Freeman
ISBN: 9781626567276
Publication Date: 2016
Control, Conquer, and Prevail! Everybody's biased. The truth is, we all harbor unconscious assumptions that can get in the way of our good intentions and keep us from building authentic relationships with people different from ourselves. The authors of this book use vivid stories and fun exercises and activities to help us reflect on our personal experiences and uncover how our hidden biases are formed. By becoming more self-aware, we can control knee-jerk reactions, conquer fears of the unknown, and prevail over closed-mindedness. In the end, the central message is that you are not the problem--but you can be the solution.
Subtle Acts of Exclusion: how to understand, identify, and stop microaggressions by Tiffany Jana; Michael Baran
ISBN: 1523087072
Publication Date: 2020
This handbook helps individuals and organizations recognize and prevent microaggressions so that all employees can feel a sense of belonging by helping the reader fully understand what microaggressions are or how to recognize them and stop them from happening. This authors introduce the phrase "subtle acts of exclusion" (SAEs), to emphasize the purpose and effects of these actions. Whether in the form of exaggerated stereotypes, backhanded compliments, unfounded assumptions, or objectification, SAE are damaging to our coworkers, friends, and acquaintances. The authors give simple and clear tools to identify and address such acts, offering scripts and action plans for everybody involved.

Suggested Search Strategies

The library provides great information on EDI & B topics that are trending in business and management in its eBooks, books, and scholarly journal articles. For example, recent publications reflect initiatives companies are taking to acknowledge unconscious bias in the workplace, as well as ways to support and normalize gender identity in positions of leadership. To locate further information on EDI & B topics in business and management, consider these search terms when searching both the library's databases and the Internet:

Inclusive organizations / inclusive policies
Diversity in the workplace/workforce
Diversity in training programs
Inclusive leadership
Institutional bias
Microaggressions in the workplace
Prejudice
Occupational segregation
Stereotypes in the workplace
Unconscious bias
Workplace multiculturalism

Recommended Associations

More frequently, organizations are taking steps to align themselves with equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives and practices. Here is a list of some of the Canadian business organizations and associations that promote equity, diversity and inclusion within Canada's business sector.

Anishnawbe Business Professional Association (ABPA)
The Anishnawbe Business Professional Association (ABPA) is a non-profit, member-based organization with an office in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The ABPA primarily serves the First Nation business community and develops and expresses positions on business issues and other public issues relevant to First Nation business, on behalf of its members.
Black Business and Professional Association (BBPA)
Founded in 1983, the BBPA is a non-profit, charitable organization that addresses equity and opportunity for the Black community in business, employment, education and economic development.
Canadian Black Chamber of Commerce (CBCC)
The Canadian Black Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit organization of the cultural Chamber of Commerce. It was created to serve the purpose of Commerce, black-owned businesses, Entrepreneurship and Economic development within the proud Black Communities across Canada.
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce's inclusive growth initiative supports key areas - Mentally Healthy Workplaces, Accessibility in the Workplace, Women’s Advocacy & Enhancing Business-Indigenous Engagement.
Canadian Korean Business Association (CKBA)
CKBA is a not-for-profit organization representing Korean Canadian business owners in North York and neighbouring communities. Since 2001, we have been creating alliances amongst the increasing population of Korean Canadian business owners and individuals throughout the Greater Toronto Area. If you believe in preserving and celebrating Korean culture in Canada, please consider joining us by becoming a member of the KCBA.
Ontario Business Improvement Area Association (OBIAA)
OBIAA is a network representing and supporting BIAs across Ontario. We encourage and guide business improvement areas to increase their effectiveness, contribution to the economic, cultural and social well-being of communities. Find relevant webinars and videos under their "Events" tab.
Ontario Chamber of Commerce - Diversity and Inclusion Policy
Under their "About" section, you can find a link to the Ontario Chamber of Commerce Diversity and Inclusion Policy.
Toronto Chinese Business Association (TCBA)
TCBA is a non-profit organization. It's main goal is to help promote and strengthen the Chinese Business community in Toronto.
Women's Enterprise Organization of Canada.
Women's Enterprise Organization of Canada publishes reports from "within the women's entrepreneurial ecosystem".