Over the past few months, COVID-19 has changed almost every aspect of business. Furloughs, layoffs, and mandatory work-from-home orders have forced corporations to reassess “business as usual.” The overarching lesson adaptable companies have embodied is that the way things have always been done need not be the way things always…
Tag: Corporate Responsibility
Pew Analyzes Americans’ Feelings About Company Statements on Racism
Over the past few months, corporations in all industries have been releasing statements denouncing systemic racism and pledging to do better to improve their own diversity and inclusion and corporate responsibility practices. The Pew Research Center recently conducted a survey of more than 10,000 adults in the U.S. to find…
EY’s Leslie Patterson Discusses the Power of Corporate Allyship
Leslie Patterson, U.S. talent leader at EY (DiversityInc Hall of Fame), says she’ll never forget the day Kelly Grier, EY chair, called and asked her to lead the company’s anti-racism efforts. She had been explaining the death of George Floyd to her three young sons and how police brutality affects…
Understanding White Privilege and Being an Ally to the Black Community
Last week, DiversityInc CEO Carolynn Johnson spoke with Shannon Schuyler, principal, chief purpose and inclusion officer at PwC (DiversityInc 2020 Top 50 Hall of Fame), on actions white people can take to be allies to the Black community. They also covered topics related to understanding white privilege and taking allyship…
Sodexo Takes a Bold Step in its Corporate Responsibility Journey with Better Tomorrow 2025
Sodexo, (No. 6 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies list) world leader in Quality of Life Services, unveils Better Tomorrow 2025, the next step in the Group’s corporate responsibility journey that started in 1966 at the company’s founding. This corporate responsibility (CR) roadmap is Sodexo’s response to an evolving world…