{"id":257,"date":"2021-06-24T17:37:09","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T17:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ksoakes.expressions.syr.edu\/wrt205summer2021\/?p=257"},"modified":"2021-06-24T17:39:24","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T17:39:24","slug":"discussions-week-of-6-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ksoakes.expressions.syr.edu\/wrt205summer2021\/2021\/06\/24\/discussions-week-of-6-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussion Questions Week of 6\/21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Response# 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I read Robert Austin and Gary Pisano\u2019s article, <em>Neurodiversity as a Competitive Advantage<\/em>, I was immediately reminded of HBO Max\u2019s documentary \u201cPersona: The Dark Truth Behind Personality Tests\u201d. While viewing the film, I was utterly appalled when I learned how personality tests are used as a screening tool for employment, which unfairly discriminates against neurodivergent and other disabled people. \u00a0I think this is a topic in need of further exploration in the D&amp;I arena. I have googled several articles and posts and discovered there is a field of study called Psychometrics meant to measure skills, attitudes and personality traits. \u00a0I think it will be helpful if I can find an article by a person in that field who disagrees with using personality tests as an employment screen. \u00a0So far, I have a report on algorithms and disability discrimination. Next, I will check out the SU library where I\u2019ll look for any journals related to disability and Human Resources, as well as any on Psychometry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Response #2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although \u201cUnderstanding D&amp;I Concepts\u201d from <em>The Inclusion Dividend: Why Investing in Diversity &amp; Inclusion Pays Off<\/em> by Mark Kaplan and Mason Donovan offers us an incredibly insightful and detailed dissection of the meaning and implementation of crucial D&amp;I concepts, the authors fail to mention real world examples of best practices for handling bias. Whereas Robert Austin and Gary Pisano\u2019s <em>Neurodiversity as a Competitive Advantage <\/em>gives us a robust report on how to recognize discriminatory practices against the neurodivergent, as well as detailed plans from <em>existing<\/em> businesses on D&amp;I implementation. As exhibited in Austin and Pisano\u2019s piece, they have convincingly demonstrated to us that the reported strategies work, based on listed companies\u2019 willingness to implement them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see above, I have utilized 2 <em>theys<\/em> and have tried to remain somewhat neutral in what my beliefs are. With that said, I still employed the use of descriptive and emphatic verbs to help get the point across that real world examples are important when recommending strategies for workplace improvement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Response# 1 As I read Robert Austin and Gary Pisano\u2019s article, Neurodiversity as a Competitive Advantage, I was immediately reminded of HBO Max\u2019s documentary \u201cPersona: The Dark Truth Behind Personality Tests\u201d. While viewing the film, I was utterly appalled when I learned how personality tests are used as a screening tool for employment, which unfairly &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ksoakes.expressions.syr.edu\/wrt205summer2021\/2021\/06\/24\/discussions-week-of-6-21\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Discussion Questions Week of 6\/21&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":178,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[23,12,42],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksoakes.expressions.syr.edu\/wrt205summer2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksoakes.expressions.syr.edu\/wrt205summer2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksoakes.expressions.syr.edu\/wrt205summer2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksoakes.expressions.syr.edu\/wrt205summer2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksoakes.expressions.syr.edu\/wrt205summer2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ksoakes.expressions.syr.edu\/wrt205summer2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":259,"href":"https:\/\/ksoakes.expressions.syr.edu\/wrt205summer2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257\/revisions\/259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksoakes.expressions.syr.edu\/wrt205summer2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksoakes.expressions.syr.edu\/wrt205summer2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksoakes.expressions.syr.edu\/wrt205summer2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}