Diversity Management, News and Updates
Biden reaffirms commitment to LGBTQ rights; promises to pass Equality Act. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden doubled down on his promises to the LGBTQ community while speaking at a presidential town hall for the Human Rights Campaign Foundation on Sept. 24. “You deserve a partner in the White House to…
Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf has apologized after offensive and inaccurate comments he made about diverse talent pipelines on a Zoom call this summer were made public. Reuters broke the news on Sept. 22 after uncovering details of the Zoom meeting in which Scharf lamented a lack of Black talent…
Even with incredible nationwide unemployment rates, the creation of new small and diverse businesses has exploded due to COVID-19. Finally some news coming out of our pandemic: The Philadelphia Tribune reports that as bars and restaurants closed and stay-at-home orders were put into place earlier in 2020 to help fight…
Who run the world? Girls! With all the craziness going on in the world right now, it’s nice to know there are still some bright spots out there. One of the highlights this week? A group of 10,000 women across the United States are in the middle of a virtual…
Justice for Breonna not served as grand jury indicted officer who shot her with wanton endangerment — but not murder. “Outrageous and offensive.” Those were by attorney to the family, Ben Crump to describe the grand jury’s decision in the March 13 fatal police shooting of 26-year-old Breonna Taylor. While…
After a long investigation, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has revealed that IBM leaders had directed managers to replace older workers with younger ones. Between 2013 and 2018, nearly 86% of those considered for layoffs within the organization were older employees over the age of 40. The investigation showed…
In a Sept. 4 memo to the Office of Management and Budget, director Russell Vought said President Trump believes diversity and inclusion and anti-racism trainings are “divisive [and] anti-American propaganda.” The document, which comes at a time when corporations are putting out statements condemning racism and vowing to improve diversity…
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…
Janice Glover-Jones, the Defense Intelligence Agency’s chief diversity, equality and inclusion officer, called out the department and said that despite recent diversity initiatives and studies, including a new board to make recommendations, diversity is about more than just hitting compliance numbers,
Since the killing of George Floyd by police officers and the subsequent Black Lives Matter and law enforcement reform protests that are still impacting parts of the U.S., 38% of S&P 500 companies have since announced initiatives and action plans to improve diversity and inclusion in their companies.