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Black women are dying of breast cancer at a much more aggressive rate than white women, according to a study from the American Cancer Society, and previous studies from the Centers for Disease Control find that disparities in healthcare could be to blame. Breast cancer is the most common cancer…
Johnson & Johnson took home the No. 1 spot on DiversityInc’s Top 50 Companies for Diversity list in front of a record-breaking audience on Tuesday night. Nearly 1,000 guests, including 24 CEOs and presidents and 15 chief human resource officers from 34 companies, responsible for 1.9 million total employees worldwide,…
WHY THEY’RE ON THE LIST Eli Lilly and Company makes the list for the sixth consecutive year in a row while also maintaining a spot on the Top Companies for LGBT Employees and being recognized on three additional specialty lists. KEY RESULTS Blacks, Asians and Latinos in Senior Management: 8.9%…
By Sheryl Estrada Image: Project Q Atlanta The Georgia Senate is under fire for passing the highly controversial “First Amendment Defense Act” (FADA) on Friday. GOPState Sen. Greg Kirk, who sponsored the bill, said his legislation offers protection to individuals, businesses and nonprofitsthat hold to marriage as an institution of…
By Michael Nam Despite the massive backlash the state of Indiana and Gov. Mike Pence received following the passage of its “religious freedom” law that would further protect businesses that discriminate against LGBT people, the legislators in Indiana decided not to investigate the issue of anti-LGBT discrimination in its state…
Apparently, bullying doesn’t stop after grade school. At least that’s how the Christian conservatives see it. Evangelicals believe big businesses are bullying them into supporting what republican presidential hopeful Sen. Ted Cruz refers to as “an aggressive gay marriage agenda.” He also called it “unfortunate that large companies today are…
By Barbara Frankel and Shane Nelson Photo by Shutterstock What makes a company a really good place for women to reach their full potential An analysis of data of The 2015 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity shows the top companies for women all have: Strong, cross-cultural mentoring programs with…
By Luke Visconti, CEO of DiversityInc Over the last year we’ve seen how corporate influence and leadership was exerted in Missouri and Indiana. In the case of Indiana, CEOs of both Cummins and Eli Lilly and Company (DiversityInc Top 50 companies) were very clear that Governor Pence’s anti-gay legislation was…
By Michael Nam Enrico Moretti, professor of economics and author of The New Geography of Jobs, elaborated at the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity event on the diverging fortunes of cities based on attracting college-educated workers. Moretti makes the case that the policies and reputation of innovative cities attract…
By Michael Nam Photo by Shutterstock As high profile anti-discrimination cases dominate the media, the legal industry is showing that lawyers can indeed make moral choices beyond the need for representing paying clients. Big law firms are drawing the line in the sand on the issue of same-gender marriage and…