Unconscious Bias Report: Identification, Analysis, and Solutions

This report delves into the concept of unconscious bias, examining how it influences individual actions and decisions, often stemming from personal experiences, cultural contexts, and societal stereotypes. The report highlights the importance of recognizing unconscious bias before attempting to address it, emphasizing the complexities of self-awareness. It outlines practical strategies for eliminating bias, including careful attention to language, challenging the decision-making process, and utilizing tests to identify personal biases. Furthermore, the report suggests avoiding groupthink, promoting diverse interactions, and encouraging individuals to step outside their comfort zones as effective methods for mitigating unconscious bias. The report references sources such as The Guardian and The Law Society to support its claims, providing a foundation for understanding and addressing this critical issue.

Recognition of Unconscious Bias and its Elimination
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Unconscious Bias
Unconscious bias describes a situation in which personal experience, background,
cultural context, and societal stereotypes which can impact the action and decision that
individuals make without their realization. It can hide within and individuals, but it strongly
affects not only the decision and the actions but also the gender of an individual (Guardian,
2015). However, recognition of unconscious bias is extremely complex, and an individual has to
accept the idea that they are biased. A person should be aware of unconscious bias before they
know how to identify it.
Elimination of unconscious bias follows its identification. The first step in the elimination
of unconscious bias is keen with generalization; this is because it creeps in the language; thus,
there is a need to be keen on the style used (Guardian, 2015). There is also the need to challenge
the decision-making process. Before making taking any action, it is good to consider the
question; why am I thinking this way? Furthermore, there is also a need to take a test that helps
in the identification of unconscious biases (Thompson, 2019). This will also promote a better
understanding of the individual tendencies towards making unconscious bias.
Besides, an avoidance of groupthink can also make an excellent strategy to eliminate the
bias in that, individuals then to surround with people who are almost similar to them. Also, a
series of shared decision making can result in groupthink, which might have undesired
consequences. Finally, individuals can also encourage himself/herself to work beyond their
comfort zone (Thompson, 2019). This will involve engaging with other individuals who are new
and spending time with people having the same skillsets but different working conditions.

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List of references
Thompson, S. (2019). 5 steps to reduce unconscious bias in your workplace - The Law Society.
[online] Lawsociety.org.uk. Available at: https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/news/blog/5-steps-to-
reduce-unconscious-bias-in-your-workplace/ [Accessed 7 Oct. 2019].
The Guardian. 2015. How to recognise and overcome your unconscious bias. [online] Available
at: https://www.theguardian.com/women-in-leadership/2015/dec/14/recognise-overcome-
unconscious-bias [Accessed 7 Oct. 2019].