Diversity and inclusion working group: Raising the profile of diversity and inclusion in IFAC

Brenda O'Neill; Larry Stapleton; Mary Doyle-Kent; Peter Kopacek

doi:10.1016/j.ifacol.2021.10.511

Diversity and inclusion working group: Raising the profile of diversity and inclusion in IFAC

Brenda O'Neill, Larry Stapleton, Mary Doyle-Kent, Peter Kopacek

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With the establishment within IFAC of the Diversity and Inclusion Working Group in TECIS in Sozopol, Bulgaria in September 2019 the issue of Diversity and Inclusion within the discipline of engineering has been strengthened with both a new platform and a voice (Doyle-Kent et al, 2019:2020). It captures the themes already live in IFAC and is a very positive and forward thinking initiative. IFAC is a worldwide organization with over 20,000 individual members. This paper shows the core values at the heart of the new Diversity and Inclusion Working Group. It is precisely because of the establishment of this group that this “Statement of Values” has emerged in order to crystalize the strongly held beliefs and values that are at the core - the group's “raison d'être” so to speak. This statement of values has been accepted by the members of the Diversity and Inclusion Working Group. Going forward it will be proposed as a companion document to the IFAC “Code of Conduct” and it is hoped that it will be included on the IFAC website and at conferences. This paper shows the journey to date and acts as a discussion document in which inputs are sought rather like a green paper.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	576-581
Number of pages	6
Journal	IFAC-PapersOnLine
Volume	54
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2021.10.511
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	20th IFAC Conference on Technology, Culture, and International Stability TECIS 2021 - Moscow, Russian Federation Duration: 14 Sep 2021 → 17 Sep 2021

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Cross-cultural aspects of engineering
Diversity and inclusion
Young engineers

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