Revise the following sentences to reduce gender racial ethni

Revise the following sentences to reduce gender, racial, ethnic, age, and disability bias.

a.     Every employee must wear his photo identification on the job.

b.     The conference will offer special excursions for the wives of executives.

c.     Does each salesman have his own smartphone loaded with his special sales information?

d.     A policeman is responsible for covering his territory.

e.     Serving on the panel are a lady veterinarian, an Indian CPA, two businessmen, and a female doctor.

Solution

a. This sentence is using \"his\" - gender bias. It should be - Every employee must wear their photo identification on the job.

b. using wives is again creating gender bias. It should be - The conference will offer special excursions for the spouces of executives.

c. this sentence is using \"his\" twice creating gender bias. It should be - Does each salesman have their own smartphone loaded with their special sales information?

d. The sentence is implying that only a male can be a police officer and not a female. The revised sentence should be - Each police officer is responsible for covering their territory.

e. the use of gender explanation in terms of lady, female etc is not required and is not useful here, creating gender bias. Use of Indian is also not required. It should be - Serving on the panel are a veterinarian, a CPA, two businessmen, and a doctor.