Diversity Management, News and Updates
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…
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…
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…
Dr. Ronald Copeland, senior vice president of national diversity and inclusion strategy and policy; chief diversity and inclusion officer at Kaiser Permanente (DiversityInc Hall of Fame), spoke with Carolynn Johnson, CEO of DiversityInc during the Top 50 event on May 5, 2020 about how the healthcare company is prioritizing equity…
Most of us spend the majority of our time Monday through Friday working. Whether that’s still at the office or now from home, it’s still crucial that employees at all levels feel that they belong and can be themselves at work. During DiversityInc’s virtual Top 50 Announcement event on May…
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…
Allies do a lot of important things in a workplace. They listen, support and empower and can drastically change the way a company functions for all of its employees — in a good way. Shannon Schuyler, chief purpose and inclusion officer at PwC (DiversityInc Hall of Fame) dug deep into…
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…
At the 2018 Grammy Awards, only one woman winner, Alessia Cara, appeared on TV. When Variety asked Recording Academy president Neil Portnow about the #GrammysSoMale controversy, another arose. “It has to begin with… women who have the creativity in their hearts and souls, who want to be musicians, who want…
Originally Published by EY Majority believe financial institutions should make greater investments in cybersecurity to protect financial data Cash is no longer king and will not be the preferred method of payment by 2030, according to an EY poll on digital and cash payments. The survey of financial services professionals indicates…