Diversity Management, News and Updates
With budgets expected to increase over the next year, marketing professionals are looking to put that money to good use by focusing more on data and diverse talent, but more needs to be done on showcasing diverse voices in marketing campaigns. In a recent survey, Forbes asked 500 C-suite marketing…
The U.S. Census Bureau published the 2020 Census in early August, revealing an increasingly diverse overall population within the United States — and, for the first time, a decline in people who identified solely as white. Although there has been a dramatic shift in U.S. demographics between 2010 and 2020,…
When the U.S. Census Bureau released their data from the 2020 Census late last week, it revealed just how dramatically the racial makeup of America has continued to change in recent years. After analyzing the data, Mike Schneider of the Associated Press reported that “no racial or ethnic group dominates…
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, with support from DiversityInc and Moody’s Corporation (No. 35 on The DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list in 2021), today published a new study, “Improving Workplace Culture Through Evidence-Based Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Practices,” examining the relationship between diversity, equity and…
Even in the midst of AAPI Heritage Month, a new study reveals that 8 in 10 Asian Americans believe they are regularly discriminated against in the United States. NPR’s Dustin Jones has reported that in a recent survey commissioned by the new nonprofit, Leading Asian Americans to Unite for Change…
As more data from the 2020 Census emerges from the federal government, advocacy experts are becoming increasingly alarmed that vast swaths of minority segments, including Asian, Latinx, Black, and Indigenous populations, were severely undercounted during the last survey of the nation’s population conducted under the leadership of former President Donald…
In a blow to businesspeople of all levels and industries, the career and business networking site LinkedIn confirmed that data “scraped” from approximately 500 million profiles has been archived by hackers and is being sold on the dark web. The site has approximately 675 million members, meaning that data from…
The United States House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing on Thursday, March 18 titled, “By the Numbers: How Diversity Data Can Measure Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.” During the Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion’s hearing co-chaired by Rep. Maxine Waters of California and Rep. Joyce Beatty of…
DiversityInc’s Chris Parker, director of research and data analytics, delivered a talk on how companies can measure their human capital metrics to understand whether their strategies are producing the results they are aiming for. He addressed the guests before the unveiling of the 2020 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity…
The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services under congresswoman Maxine Waters issued a report this month that summarizes the Committee’s review of the diversity and inclusion practices in the U.S.’s largest banks. It found that although banks and other financial services firms tout their diversity and inclusion policies, the sector…
