Diversity Management, News and Updates
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…
By Michael Nam Photo by Shutterstock Millennials, defined as Americans born between 1980 and 2000 according to the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) survey, show a greater openness to sexual and gender identity compared to the larger populace. With the wider population becoming more accepting of LGBT rights, this generation…
Update (4/3/2015 4:26 p.m.):A national statement by Diversity Top 50 company, Monsanto, has been included in the article. By Barbara Frankel The Indiana companies that fought Gov. Mike Pence and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act are applauding a proposal by the GOP legislative leaders to amend the controversial law. The…
Update (4/2/2015 4:36 p.m.): The Associated Press is reporting that the Arkansas legislature passed a revised religious objections bill after Gov. Asa Hutchinson declined to sign the previous version. The new bill “prohibits state and local government from infringing on someone’s religious beliefs without proving a compelling interest. The legislation…
Update (3/30/2015 4:35 pm): The business coalition ofCummins,Eli Lilly and Companyand other companies have sent letters to the Indiana legislature asking for new legislation to make certain that the neither the RFRAor any other Indiana law “can be used to justify discrimination based upon sexual orientation or gender identity. By…
By Debby Scheinholtz CEOs of 15 companies, including DiversityInc Top 50 companies Eli Lilly and Company, WellPoint and Cummins, voiced their protest to Indiana’s proposed same-gender-marriage ban in a letter published in the Indianapolis Star. The CEOs noted that passage of HJR-3, a bill that would create a constitutional amendment…
Diversity in Clinical TrialsImproving Research Outcomes, Targeted Drug Development Dr. Coleman Obasaju Senior Medical Director, Lilly Oncology and Global Leader, Diversity in Clinical Research Eli Lilly and Company Hospitals and pharmas desperately need to get more Blacks, Latinos and Asians in their clinical trials. Learn how pharmaceutical leaders are partnering…
Lilly, Roswell Park Cancer Institute Partner to Train Minority Clinical Trial Investigators First-of-its-kind program aims to help improve diversity in clinical trials INDIANAPOLIS and BUFFALO, NY (August 1, 2013) In an effort to increase the number of minority investigators in clinical research, Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) and The…
From Research Labs to Doctors’ Offices, Health Care Providers at Lilly Play Important Role in Bringing New and Innovative Medicines to Patients Video shows how those from the medical field bring patient care experience to pharmaceutical career INDIANAPOLIS, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — The many health care providers working at…
By Dara Sharif Over the last few days, the White House has been battling controversy on three fronts. The Obama administration faces continued questions about what was known and when regarding the official line in the days following the September attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that left…
