Choose a type of public safety agency (e.g., law enforcement, fire department, emergency management, homeland security, etc.) and write a minimum of a 1,500-word paper (excluding title page and reference list) that analyzes leadership strategies for fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion in the agency. In your paper, discuss the following:
- What is meant by the fulcrum of inclusion, and how does it promote both micro- and macro-level efforts to further diversity, equity, and inclusion?
- What benefits occur in an agency when leaders are inclusive? Explain, providing supporting examples.
- Describe at least three characteristics and three behaviors of leaders who promote diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- How does the concept of leadership differ by culture, and why is it critical to consider leaders and followers when promoting inclusion?
- Provide examples of ways that a leader in your selected agency could work to overcome stigmatization, subordination, and marginalization in addressing institutional bias.
Include in-text cites and references to at least four peer-reviewed sources to support your responses to the required elements of the assignment outlined above. Include APA headings (at least Level 1 – see Section 2.27 of the APA Manual, 7th Edition for instructions on proper formatting of headings). Format your work consistent with APA (7th Edition) guidelines.