Equity and Inclusion
You demonstrate this competency when you:
- Implement strategies to recognize personal biases.
- Learn from, respect, and value diverse cultures, races, ages, genders, sexual orientations, religions, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
- Incorporate global/cultural awareness into your personal life and professional work.
- Adapt your language and behavior with others in a manner that conveys respect and builds trust and rapport.
- Strategically leverage differences to come up with more innovative solutions.
- Demonstrate sensitivity; relate to others with empathy and understanding.
- Display self-reflective awareness of your role in diverse communities.
- Actively seek to understand and respect the diversity and complexity of human identities.
- Actively promote equity and inclusion.
- Demonstrate ethical judgment and work towards a just society.
- Actively challenge the systems, structures, and policies of racism.
Related Skills
- Situational Awareness
- Adaptability
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Negotiation
- Advocacy
- Building Trust
- Growth Mindset
- Continuous Learning
- Recognizing Complexity
Employers/Graduate programs may seek demonstration of this competency through behavioral interview questions like:
- Describe a time you adjusted your communication to effectively collaborate with people from different backgrounds and identities.
- Tell me about a time when you had to deal with conflicting cultural or political views on an issue.
- Tell me about a time when you worked on a diverse team.
What are some ideas of ways you can continue to develop your competency in Equity and Inclusion?
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Solicit and use feedback from people with multiple cultural perspectives.
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Engage in conversation and dialogue around identities and cultures different than your own.
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Identify resources and engage in your own personal learning and development about your identity and identities different from your own.
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Participate in an off-campus study opportunity.
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Last updated: 06/27/2024