Diversity Management, News and Updates
HACEMOS High Tech Day 2014 Success measured by the power of students and mentors coming together By Cinthya Allen, EVP Operations, AT&T DALLAS, Feb. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ –For students, the last year of high school can be filled with anxiety and questions. Do I move away or stay close to…
AT&T 28 Days The Next Generation of History Makers By MC Lyte, Hip Hop Pioneer ( DALLAS, Feb. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ –When I became one of the first female hip-hop artists, I didn’t know that I would be making history. I simply wanted to use my voice to inspire and…
By Chris Hoenig AT&T has a record as a company that backs both the LGBT community and American Olympians. When those two worlds collide this month in Sochi, Russia, the host nation’s laws won’t receive the same support. The Dallas-based company, No. 13 in the 2013 DiversityInc Top 50 and…
YOUNG PEOPLE LINK MENTORING TO SIGNIFICANT LIFE OUTCOMES First-of-its-Kind Survey of Young People Correlates Mentoring Relationships with Positive AspirationsAnd Outcomes, Identifies Gap for Those Who Could Benefit Most WASHINGTON, DC January 13, 2014 Young people experience significant positive life outcomes related to academics, community involvement and leadership, and career development…
Top Company for Supplier Diversity: AT&T Accepting Award: Tim Harden, President, Supply Chain and Fleet Operations Reasons for Honor: AT&T is a longtime supplier-diversity leader with high Tier 1 (prime) percentages: 15 percent with Minority Business Enterprises, 5 percent with Women-Owned Business Enterprises, 1.5 percent with Service Disabled Veteran Business…
On Oct. 16 in New York City, DiversityInc honored seven companies for unique achievements that go beyond the scope of normal diversity-management best practices. Top Company for Talent Development: Time Warner Accepting Award: Jeff Bewkes, Chairman and CEO Reasons for Honor: Accountability: To ensure an effective pipeline of talent from…
By Chris Hoenig In what was an expected decision, the Boy Scouts of America has lifted its ban on openly gay scouts in a nearly 2-to-1 vote. The measure was approved by 61 percent of the roughly 1,400 voting members of the BSA’s National Council at its meeting Thursday in…
This year, DiversityInc honors seven companies for unique achievements that go beyond the scope of normal diversity-management best practices. The companies and their top leaders will receive the awards at our Oct.16 event in New York, Talent Development: Diversity-Strategies Event & Special Awards Dinner. Top Company for Talent Development: Time…
By Barbara Frankel Under pressure from corporate donors, the public and President Obama, the Boy Scouts of America today announced an end to its ban on gay members. But the policy would still not allow gay or lesbian scout leaders. The Boy Scouts’ board, which includes the CEOs of AT&T…
Should the Boy Scouts lift its gay ban Yes, said President Obama during an interview with CBS News’ Scott Pelley. “My attitude is that gays and lesbians should have access and opportunity the same way everybody else does, in every institution and walk of life,” Obama said, noting that the…
