refers to voluntary or mandated programs developed for the purpose of overcoming imbalances in the workforce that affect designated groups, such as members of minority groups, women, veterans, and people with disabilities.

differences "that are inborn and/or exert an important impact on your early socialization and have an ongoing impact throughout your life."

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Social sensitivity

is one’s reception and responsiveness to the emotions, feelings, personality, temperaments, cultural differences, values, and beliefs of those around them.

• Act Proactively

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•  Encourage Ownership of Initiatives
•  Think Inclusively
•  Mainstream Diversity

act proactively-integrate diversity into everyday action and thinking.

leadership driven-top management endorses and actively champions the organizations diversity initiatives.

encourage ownership of initiatives-all individueals are aware and committed to carrying out their own role in valuing diversity.

think inclusively- everyone is considered a valuable member of the organization.

mainstream diversity-making diversity part of every effort.

• Ensures all qualified personnel are welcome in America’s Air Force.
• Educates and trains all personnel on the importance of diversity, including mutual respect.
•  Promotes a culture that values inclusion of all personnel.
•  Ensures that all personnel in the Total Force understand they are valued and have the opportunity to achieve their full potential while contributing to the mission of the Air Force.

assumptions

stereotypes

social biases

perceptives

perceptions

conclusions

assumption- claming something that is not based on fact.

stereotype-"fixed or distorted generalization about ALL members of a particular group AFI 36-2705 "seen one, seen em all"

The difference between stereotype and prejudice is that stereotyping can be positive or negative and includes a general opinion about ALL members of the group – ignoring individual differences Prejudice is An adverse or unreasonable opinion about a person or group without all the facts and usually based on deeply held beliefs

Social biases

occur when someone unfairly favors or prefers a person, culture group, or race to another.

Perceptions

are what you experience and observe that becomes your reality.

Perspectives

are your position on a particular subject. It is how you mentally view a situation

Collusion occurs when people cooperate with others,

knowingly or unknowingly, to reinforce those behaviors that prevent others from fully entering into the workplace culture.

There are three forms of collusion: silence, denial, and active participation.

is the practice of neither supporting nor defending the rights of others to be fully included in the work place. Additionally, silent collusion permits negative behavior to go unchallenged

Denial

is another passive approach that simply ignores any evidence of negative behavior. It’s similar to putting your head in the sand and pretending, despite evidence to the contrary, the problem doesn’t exist.

involves "actions that overtly work to prevent the inclusion of others." When someone actively participates in promoting negative stereotypes, other forms of unfair judgments, and disrespectful behavior, he or she is colluding and preventing equality.

feedback-information on how to meet expectations

Assistance-reach out to workers in a reactive way to find out what assistance they need.

inclusion- responding to the needs of all workers so they feel a valued part of the team.

respect-respecting and promoting the value each member brings to the work center.

Three O’s (owing, ordering, and oughting);

 Three P’s (principle, purpose, and people);

 Three R’s (rules, results, and realities); and

 Three D’s (discern, declare, and do).

owing, ordering, and oughting state that you must know who and what you

owe, display proper ordering by having moral structuring and ethical priorities, and understand what Airmen should do or ought to do.

Examples:

 You owe your unit and Airmen your loyalty, honesty, compassion, and openness.

 Display proper ordering by understanding and following ALL Air Force ethical codes and making proper ethical decisions.

 Airmen ought to do the right thing by following ALL Air Force ethical codes.

The three P’s:

principle, purpose, people explain that NCOs must put principle (truth telling and honor) first; purpose (mission accomplishment and duty) second; and people (fellow citizens, Airmen, Soldiers, etc.) third.

Examples:

 An Airman’s principles should revolve around placing Integrity First in all actions.

 An Airman’s purpose is the accomplishment of the organization’s mission.

 Airmen take care of their people, i.e. family, Wingman, and the needs of their

subordinates.

rules

give us ethical guidance; results are the outcomes, the bottom line, and the consequences of following or not following those rules; and realities, which recognize the importance of the situation, circumstances, or realities.

Examples:

 Rules – Give us guidance for making decisions, taking actions, and modeling behaviors and come from standards, ethical codes, and laws such as The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) and the Core Values.

 Results – The results of following or not following the ethical codes and principles i.e. Promotion, Article 15.

 Realities – Recognize the reality of the situation and/or circumstances as a result of

adhering to the ethical codes/principles.

The three D’s:

discern, declare, and do state that you must try to discern the truth; at appropriate times, you declare the truth as you have discerned it; and then you do what you have discerned and declared.

Consider the statement, "

At appropriate times, you declare the truth, as you have discerned it." Let’s take a look at what is meant by "at appropriate times" and by "you declare the truth as you have discerned it"? At appropriate times: means only declaring the truth after making a moral decision (i.e. rejecting all unworthy alternatives after some critical questioning, talking, and thinking). The alternative of declaring something true without critical questioning, talking, and thinking leads to verbalizing half-truths, partial truths, or outright lies, which all lead to, at best, poor decisions and at worst, tragedy. Declare/Discern: means describing situations as accurately as possible, even when doing so might cause great pain and suffering to self or others.