TY - CHAP
T1 - Unconscious bias
AU - Taksa, Lucy
AU - Thornthwaite, Louise
PY - 2024/5/23
Y1 - 2024/5/23
N2 - Unconscious bias, also called implicit bias, is a concept drawn from social psychology. It proposes that instances of bias can be the result of automatic unconscious cognitive processes over which people lack control and therefore cannot be held responsible. This chapter examines the origins of the concept of unconscious bias, its use in US discrimination law and its subsequent transfer internationally through unconscious bias training. The chapter also provides a critical analysis of the concept and the used to which it has been put.
AB - Unconscious bias, also called implicit bias, is a concept drawn from social psychology. It proposes that instances of bias can be the result of automatic unconscious cognitive processes over which people lack control and therefore cannot be held responsible. This chapter examines the origins of the concept of unconscious bias, its use in US discrimination law and its subsequent transfer internationally through unconscious bias training. The chapter also provides a critical analysis of the concept and the used to which it has been put.
KW - Unconscious bias
KW - Implicit bias
KW - Unconscious bias training
KW - Discrimination law
KW - Diversity management
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85197184168
UR - https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800886377
U2 - 10.4337/9781800886377.ch71
DO - 10.4337/9781800886377.ch71
M3 - Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary/reference book
AN - SCOPUS:85197184168
SN - 9781800886360
T3 - Elgar Encyclopedias in Business and Management series
SP - 342
EP - 348
BT - Encyclopedia of equality, equity, diversity and inclusion
A2 - Klarsfeld, Alain
A2 - Nkomo, Stella
A2 - Taksa, Lucy
A2 - Bender, Anne-Françoise
A2 - Cachat-Rosset, Gaëlle
PB - Edward Elgar Publishing
CY - Cheltenham
ER -