Data Governance and Diversity

By Melody Smith|July 25th, 2022|News|Comments Off

Data governance refers to the set of laws, policies, regulations, authorities and decision-making structures that guide how enterprises collect, share and use data to inform decisions. Effective data governance grows out of data management maturity. What does it have to do with diversity or equity? This interesting topic came to us from the Business Journal from Grand Rapids, Michigan in their article, “DEI and data governance: maintaining a fairer work environment.”

Debates involving data governance typically center around issues of privacy. What user data can be shared? Who should it be shared with? How do we keep our private data secure?

In 2022, experts in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) serve a critical function: uncovering systemic biases and offering practical solutions for promoting and maintaining a fairer work environment. Humans who design data systems are biased in some way. It’s easy to overlook this in digital data collections, even though academics have been calling attention to the issue for decades.

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About the Author: Melody Smith

Melody K. Smith has provided organizational, social media and digital communication services to a large non-profit for the past twenty years. Prior to that she championed employee engagement and communications in the healthcare field. She holds a Bachelors degree in Marketing. When not wrangling and writing TaxoDiary content for your reading pleasure, Melody writes fiction, rescues dogs and throws legendary dinner parties.

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Data Governance and Diversity