Diversity management has four stages. What stage of managing diversity in the workplace is your company in?

What makes these 10 companies the best at talent development and promotions for Asian-American employees?

This list, compiled for the first time, measures the diversity-management efforts of organizations with a regional focus.

The diversity-management efforts of these companies have steadily improved, which could lead them to a spot on The 2012 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list.

How do these 10 companies create an inclusive environment for people with disabilities that promotes talent development?

The DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list began in 2001, at the same time many corporations were beginning to understand the business value of diversity-management initiatives.

Anthony Santiago, who joined WellPoint in 2008 as vice president and chief procurement officer, has big plans for the company’s supplier diversity.

Why do certain companies, well known as diversity leaders, fall in their rankings on The DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list? To show you what NOT to do, we offer three case studies of companies we’ve studied for more than a decade.

In fall 2010, a series of youth suicides seized the attention of the nation. Media reports fostered a sense of crisis and brought a new level of public attention to the issue of school bullying of LGBT students. GLSEN’s efforts to create safe schools continued with renewed focus on research about the impact of bullying, public-policy advocacy and school-based programs to create safer learning environments.

Diversity of people and ideas is critical to mission
accomplishment for the U.S. Navy, Vice Admiral Anthony L. Winns, Naval Inspector General, told DiversityInc CEO Luke Visconti in an interview.

Throughout his 30-year career, Dr. Wayne Rawlins studied the impact of racial/ethnic disparities on patient populations. That’s why, as Aetna’s recently appointed national medical director, he looks forward to identifying areas where disparities exist among Black, Latino, Asian and other Aetna members.

The Joint Commission, an independent nonprofit organization that evaluates and accredits hospitals, has announced new standards designed to improve access to healthcare that is both respectful of and responsive to an increasingly diverse patient population.

Bullying is not a teenage or childhood affliction. According to a poll released in June by Weber Shandwick, 65 percent of Americans say lack of civility is a major problem in the country and feel the negative tenor has worsened during the financial crisis and recession. As Election Day approaches, experts and polls find it is even more dramatic.

A federal judge in California who ordered the military to stop enforcing the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy is expected to rule today on the U.S. government’s request to hold off on enforcing her injunction while they appeal the ruling.

For decades, private-prison companies have been active members of a powerful lobby responsible for numerous laws that have put millions of people behind bars. In large part because of these laws, the country’s prison population has ballooned from 500,000 in 1980 to 2.3 million in 2009, greater than that of any other nation in the world.