Managing Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Business

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The goal of this course is to provide tools for Identifying problems in and around organizations in the dimensions of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI), and define workplaces that address these issues.

The course also delves into creating strategic plans to develop, implement, and manage justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion as core business values, as well as a competitive advantage for companies.

The program blends theory and practice to develop effective strategies to build a diverse workforce and a diverse, equitable, socially fair, and inclusive workplace.

COURSE CONTENTS
The contents detailed below will be addressed from a theoretical perspective through theoretical lectures, and from a practical point of view, through teamwork to develop a JEDI strategic plan for a company suggested by the professor

Unit 1: Foundations of Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Definition of Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the context of organizations. In-depth analysis of why organizations need to incorporate these values into their corporate core.

Unit 2: Roles, stereotypes, prejudices, and discrimination in the work environment
Understanding and addressing conscious and unconscious biases in the work environment, and how these give rise to stereotypes, prejudices, and discrimination. Impact of the existence of biases in professional dynamics.

Unit 3: Forms of Diversity
Gender, age, disability, religion, race, and sexual orientation, among others. Diversity in professional environments.

Unit 4: Challenges and opportunities for creating equitable, diverse, and inclusive corporate
environments
Situational analysis to understand the barriers, needs, and opportunities facing the company to develop an effective JEDI strategic plan.

Unit 5: Designing Strategic Plans for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Based on the results obtained in the analysis phase, this unit is focused on the design of a JEDI strategic plan that includes the definition of a short, medium, and long-term strategy and the corresponding actions.

Unit 6: Monitoring, evaluating, and periodic reviewing of a JEDI Strategic Plan
Application of procedures and tools for monitoring and analyzing the results of actions, based on the objectives established in the JEDI strategic plan.

Unit 7: Communication strategies for creating just, equitable, diverse, and inclusive workplaces
Design and implementation of effective communication strategies to convey to stakeholders the objectives, actions, and benefits of implementing the JEDI strategic plan in the company.