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SUMMARY:D.E.I.\, Properly Understood
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for this VLERA event!\n&nbsp\;\nD.E.I.\, Properl
 y Understood\nApril 22\, 7:00 pm Eastern Time\n&nbsp\;\nMeeting Details\n&
 nbsp\;\nThe Program: This presentation will identify the various values un
 derlying D.E.I.: Fairness\, Opportunity\, Responsibility and Hospitality. 
 The goal is to provide a non-ideological approach to understanding these D
 .E.I. initiatives in ways that are consistent with values that all America
 ns share.\nPresenter Bios\nAntone Aboud\, Ph.D.\nAntone Aboud\, Ph.D. is a
  retired Professor of Practice at the School of Labor and Employment Relat
 ions at Penn State. During his tenure he served as the School’s Director
  of Online Programs. In that capacity he was not only involved in the dail
 y management of the online programs\, but also actively involved in course
  creation and revision processes. He also served as Director of the Center
  for Workplace Performance\, the School’s management outreach platform.\
 nAntone received a B.A. degree in Government from Cornell University\, and
  a Ph.D. in Collective Bargaining\, Labor Law and Labor History from the I
 LR School at Cornell. Originally\, he worked full-time in SUNY’s Office 
 of Faculty and Staff relations\, became a faculty member at SUNY (Utica/Ro
 me and Potsdam) and then at St. Francis College. In those capacities he ta
 ught Labor Relations\, HR Management\, Labor Law\, Management Theory and O
 rganizational Behavior. He also served as a labor arbitrator for several y
 ears\, and as a chief labor negotiator for both unions and employers. For 
 more than two decades he was a full-time management consultant specializin
 g in risk management training and related interventions.\n \nSteve Greenb
 latt \nSteve Greenblatt has over 30 years of human resource practice in em
 ployee relations\, employee discipline\, training and organizational devel
 opment\, Affirmative Action\, conflict resolution\, and contract and benef
 its administration. Prior to that\, Steve served as Assistant District Att
 orney in Bronx County\, Appellate Counsel to District Attorneys in over 20
  counties in New York State and Deputy Inspector General for the NYC Depar
 tment of Sanitation in charge of its disciplinary system. As a trial and a
 ppellate attorney in criminal and civil disciplinary arenas\, Steve has tr
 ained attorneys\, investigators and human resource professionals in invest
 igative\, arbitration and trial techniques.\nIn human resources roles\, wh
 ile Director of Labor Relations\, and Director of Workforce Training and D
 evelopment at the State University of New York (S.U.N.Y.) Downstate Medica
 l Center\, he also served as Ethics Officer\, Acting Affirmative Action Of
 ficer and Temporary Employment Counsel. As Training Director\, Steve focus
 ed on enhancing leaders’ self-awareness\, restoring organizational trust
  and vitality\, and reducing implicit bias. Steve has litigated grievance 
 and disciplinary arbitrations\, mediated and resolved disputes\, crafted p
 olicies and procedures and managed employee satisfaction\, engagement and 
 outplacement initiatives. He currently teaches online graduate courses for
  Pennsylvania State University in ethics for human resource practitioners 
 and in human resource leadership. Formerly he taught Management for the S.
 U.N.Y. College of Health-Related Professions\, and Business Law at Queensb
 orough Community College.\nSteve received his B.A. in Political Science at
  Brooklyn College\, his J.D. from New York Law School\, and a Masters in L
 abor Law from the New York University School of Law. He currently conducts
  training and management consulting. His research interests focus on the i
 mpact of discrimination in the workplace\, leadership\, workplace civility
 \, retaliation\, bystanders\, bullying\, sexual harassment\, employee enga
 gement\, risk management in employment\, and ethics pedagogy.\nLocation\nZ
 oom.com Link will be provided the day of the presentation.\nCost\nNo cost
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