Non-western approaches

Dr Mai Vu, 2025

Dr Mai Vu purposefully cultivates students’ capacity to promote diversity and social sustainability in organisations by drawing on non-Western philosophies of mindfulness, community wellbeing, and relational responsibility.

In practice, this means integrated alternative worldviews in understanding different ways of working (e.g., indigenous and minority worldviews): developing critical awareness through stories of lived experience, fostering shared norms of respect as a practice of inclusion, building students’ confidence to engage across differences, encouraging equity-focused HR practices, and applying these practices in real-world, community-embedded activities.

Outputs include personal reflection essays/journals on conscience and positionality, group diversity practices informed by local indigenous or minority employee experiences, and peer collaboration and exchanges.

As a result students gain a deeper understanding of cultural mindfulness, social norms around inclusion, and their own capacity to act as ethical HR professionals in diverse workplaces.