Even Out the Learning for Internal Justice

Key Take Away:
Upon completing the session, participants will be able to:
•  Explain why access to learning and development can be a question of equity and inclusion
•  Review approaches to ensure internal justice
•  Use learning and development to encourage diversity, inclusion, and equity
•  Ensure the quality of learning and development programs through accreditation

Overview:
Learning and development is a way to even the playing field, giving everyone fair treatment in qualifying so as to keep their jobs during changing times and to prepare for possible promotions. This session explores learning and development as a means to ensure internal justice.

Areas Covered in the Session:
•  Defining key terms and exploring the business needs for internal justice
•  Exploring learning and development as one way to ensure internal justice
•  Using a step-by-step model for learning and development design to build in an internal justice

Speaker: William J. Rothwell, Ph.D.
William J. Rothwell, Ph.D., SPHR, SHRM-SCP, CPLP Fellow, is President of Rothwell and Associates, Inc., a full-service consulting company that specializes in succession planning. He is also a Professor of Learning and Performance in the Workforce Education and Development program, Department of Learning and Performance Systems, at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park campus. In that capacity, he heads up a top-ranked graduate program in learning and performance. He has authored, co-authored, edited, or co-edited 300 books, book chapters, and articles—including 64 books. Before arriving at Penn State in 1993, he had 20 years of work experience as a Training Director in government and in business.

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