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About This Course
This Utah Diversity, Anti-bias, and Cooperation in Real Estate course promotes ethical and inclusive practices in real estate by helping professionals recognize and address bias, foster diversity, and strengthen collaboration. This Utah-approved CORE course provides tools and strategies to build awareness of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), emphasizing how unconscious bias can affect decision-making, client relations, and fair housing outcomes.
Through evidence-based content, real-world examples, and practical reflection, real estate licensees will learn how to identify and counteract implicit bias while promoting cooperation and professionalism across teams and client interactions. This Utah RE Diversity, Anti-bias, and Cooperation course also explores the research behind communication, negotiation, and leadership as essential skills for maintaining ethical and inclusive real estate practices.
Who Should Take This Course:
- Licensed Utah real estate agents, brokers, and property managers
- Professionals fulfilling mandatory CORE continuing education requirements
- Real estate practitioners seeking to improve DEI awareness and collaboration within their organizations
Course Requirements:
Active Utah real estate licensees completing required CE hours must complete all course modules and pass the final assessment to earn credit and receive an instant digital certificate of completion.
Topics Covered
This course focuses on the following topics:
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) In Real Estate
- Anti-Bias Practices in Real Estate Brokerage
- Cooperation And Ethics in Theory and Practice
What You’ll Learn
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Define and identify the cognitive processes that contribute to bias as well as key definitions related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Identify factors that contribute to discrimination at a large scale, such as social norms, groupthink, and homophily, and how individual licensees can change and disrupt harmful patterns.
- Participate in implicit bias assessments to identify the nature of one’s own individual biases and specific action steps that can be enacted at the individual and brokerage leadership level to promote anti-bias and cultural competency.
- Demonstrate collaboration, communication, negotiation and leadership as well as describe the research supporting these as foundational skills for ethical, inclusive real estate brokerage practices
What Does Cooperation Mean in Utah RE Law?
In Utah real estate law, cooperation refers to the professional and ethical obligation for real estate agents and brokers to work collaboratively with other licensees to complete transactions in the best interests of their clients and the public.
Cooperation promotes fairness, efficiency, and professionalism in the real estate market. It involves actions such as:
- Sharing information honestly and promptly with other agents involved in a transaction
- Respecting exclusive agreements and client relationships established by other licensees
- Maintaining clear communication to prevent misunderstandings or conflicts
- Acting in good faith to facilitate smooth closings and protect consumer interests
While Utah law encourages cooperation, it does not require agents to compromise their client’s position or disclose confidential information. Instead, it emphasizes ethical conduct, mutual respect, and compliance with the Utah Division of Real Estate rules and the REALTOR® Code of Ethics.
