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What will organizational leaders in the year 2085 think of today’s Hooters™ training manual which includes such directives as “look wholesome, yet sexy … and, white bras only with make-up to be worn at all times”? This introductory chapter challenges the reader to view workplace and community training from an axiological as well as a social justice lens. Specifically, while the act of training itself—teaching or developing oneself or others in knowledge, skills, or attitudes (KSAs) needed to improve one’s capability—may be value neutral, training programs have historically been the means to sustain stereotypes, racism, and sexism, yet they also have been a party to progressive societal efforts and cultural movements. An overarching premise presented is that organizational and community leaders must be vigilant in ensuring that not only are training outcomes ethical, but so too are the interventions.
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Kopp, D.M. (2018). Introduction: On the Axiology of Training and Development—Is Training Value Neutral?. In: Famous and (Infamous) Workplace and Community Training. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59753-3_1
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