Diversity Toolkit | Emory School of Medicine

The Emory Radiology Diversity and Inclusion Toolkit provides a wealth of resources to aid faculty, staff, and trainees in understanding, embracing, and appreciating the talents and contributions of all people. Below you will find guidance on the basic tenets of diversity, inclusion, and equity as well as concise definitions of key terms. At the bottom of the page, find links to Emory’s policies and programs related to diversity and inclusion as well as to the departments and offices responsible for training, enforcement, and support.

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Diversity

Diversity simply means that each individual is unique and recognizing our individual differences. There are varied dimensions of differences: race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs or other ideologies, global locations, and cultures.

Our university goal is to embrace, understand, and celebrate the rich dimensions of diversity contained within each individual. Diversity also involves different ideas, perspectives, and values.

Inclusion

At Emory, inclusion integrates all aspects of diversity and it is the "intentional and ongoing engagement with diversity" in an intellectual environment as well as in the context of social and cultural diversity in which inclusion connects people in ways that increase one's awareness, knowledge, sophistication, and understanding of the complex ways we interact and engage.

Equity

Equity is the guarantee of fair treatment, access, opportunity and advancement for all students, faculty, and staff, while at the same time striving to identify and eliminate barriers that have prevented the full participation of some groups. The guiding principle of equity acknowledges that there are underserved and underrepresented populations and that fairness regarding these unbalanced conditions is needed to assist equality in the provision of effective opportunities to all groups.

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