The term Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is a phrase that is used to describe programs that promote participation of different groups of individuals within the corporate processes. This includes professionals of various races and ethnicities, ages, genders, religions, cultures, sexual orientations as well as abilities and disabilities. Diversity sometimes also includes the range of ideas and perspectives evident in the workforce.
In today’s multicultural workforce, these concepts are considered critical to promote equal opportunities in the workplace. Over the years, each of these concepts have been highlighted in various corporate efforts and all are important to bring together professionals with varying perspectives and ideas to create a value centered team and organization. In this training, we will explore the concepts of diversity, equity and inclusion each as a separate component of a strong human resource process. We will then take a look at how the combined concepts can bring ultimate value to your workplace and business.
Publication Date: June 2022
Designed For
Chief Executive Officers, Senior Executive Management, Board Members, Compliance Professionals, Legal Professionals, and Audit professionals.
Topics Covered
- Purpose of DEI
- History/need for a combined approach to DEI
- Why the concept of DEI has become a "must" for organizations
- Individual concepts and benefits of DEI
- Steps for developing a holistic DEI program for your organization
- Ways to implement DEI
Learning Objectives
- Describe the purpose of DEI
- Identify the history/need for a combined approach to DEI
- Recognize why the concept of DEI has become a "must" for organizations
- Identify how to examine the individual concepts and benefits of DEI
- Identify steps for developing a holistic DEI program for your organization
- Identify ways to implement DEI
- Describe the driving factors to success for a DEI program
- Recognize one of the biggest barriers to effective inclusion
- Describe microaggression
Level
Basic
Instructional Method
Self-Study
NASBA Field of Study
Personnel/HR (2 hours)
Program Prerequisites
None
Advance Preparation
None
Instructor
Lynn Fountain
Lynn Fountain has over 38 years of experience spanning public accounting, corporate accounting and consulting. 20 years of her experience has been working in the areas of internal and external auditing and risk management. She is a subject matter expert in multiple fields including internal audit, ethics, fraud evaluations, Sarbanes-Oxley, enterprise risk management, governance, financial management and compliance. Lynn has held two Chief Audit Executive (CAE) positions for international companies. In one of her roles as CAE, she assisted in the investigation of a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme perpetrated by a vendor that spanned 7 years and implicated 20 employees. The fraud was formally investigation by the FBI and resulted in 5 indictments estimating a $13M fraud loss.
Ms. Fountain is currently engaged in her own consulting and training practice. She is a highly sought-after trainer and international speaker. In addition, Ms. Fountain has assisted numerous companies with enterprise risk management frameworks, internal audit processes and financial accounting. She also serves as a discussion leader for the AICPA for numerous classes finance, accounting and risk management topics.
Ms. Fountain is the author of three separate technical books. Her first book released in 2015 by the Institute of Internal Auditors Foundation is entitled “Raise the Red Flag – The Internal Auditors Guide to Fraud Evaluations”. Her second book “Leading the Internal Audit Function” was released in October 2015 by Taylor & Francis Publications. This book serves as the initial launch for a series of leading practice internal audit and information technology publications. Her third book “Ethics and the Internal Auditor’s Dilemma” was released in December 2016.
Ms. Fountain obtained her BSBA from Pittsburg State University and her MBA from Washburn University in Kansas. She has her CPA, CGMA, CRMA credentials.