In this highly practical CLE, Employment Law Litigation attorney Mila Arutunian shares her experience & guidance on how companies can avoid unconscious bias in hiring and recruiting potential employees. Mila will mainly discuss the following topics: how implicit bias affects hiring and employment decisions, types of biases and how they diminish the workplace and strategies for employers to reduce bias in hiring. Types of biases discussed: categorization, stereotyping, halo/horn effect, affinity bias and confirmation bias.
Unconscious bias can lead to bad decisions that violate an attorneys’ ethical duties of Competence, Communication & Diligence. It can also lead to bad press for law firms, malpractice lawsuits and possibly disbarment.