Diversity & Communication
If you just communicate, you can get by. But if you communicate skillfully, you can work miracles.
Leadership and Diversity
This artifact critically examines how efforts to promote inclusion in public organizations can unintentionally reinforce systemic exclusion. It discusses the concepts of tokenism, symbolic diversity, and performative representation as barriers to authentic inclusion. Drawing from intersectional and organizational communication theories, the paper advocates for meaningful engagement, participatory decision-making, and leadership accountability. It connects these insights to public service values by emphasizing cultural competence, transparency, and inclusive communication strategies that advance genuine equity and representation in the public sector.
Comprehensive View on the Relationship Between Evil in Administration and DEI
This artifact explores the ethical and administrative challenges that undermine Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies in public organizations. It reframes the concept as administrative evil – the compacity for bureaucratic systems to produce harmful or discriminatory outcomes despite good intention. Drawing from Adams and Balfour’s theories of administrative evil the artifact examines how ethical inaction, compartmentalization and lack of integrity can erode organizational culture and weaken DEI efforts. Artifact highlights how effective whistleblowing, moral courage, and ethical leadership are essential for building inclusive workplaces.