Diversity Management, News and Updates
HBCU Early Career Insights Program | September 2019 TIAA welcomed 13 east coast Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to its Charlotte campus in a special learning and networking opportunity for students, faculty, administrators and staff. TIAA’s commitment to HBCUs began in 1918, and the relationship continues to flourish today…
Civil rights attorney Steve Phillips, author of the New York Times bestselling book “Brown Is the New White,”told some of the nation’s top thought leaders and corporate executives committed to diversity and inclusion that a “New American Majority” is “transforming all manners of modern society.” Phillips was the keynote speaker…
PRESS RELEASE Company Reports Strong Positioning in Workforce, Supplier Diversity, Marketing and Community Engagement Cynt Marshall DALLAS, June 1, 2016 AT&T* formally released its 2015 Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) Annual Report. The report confirms its position as a leader in D&I among U.S. tech companies. Highlights of the company’s D&I…
(Update: 10:54 a.m. 6/5/2015) Correction: Map and report were released by the Movement Advancement Project. Changes reflected in the text. By Michael Nam Glynnis Jones / Shutterstock.com High profile transgender individuals like Caitlyn Jenner or Laverne Cox have shown a great deal of progress in terms of attitudes towards gender…
By Michael Nam Photo by Shutterstock The Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking (SHED), part of the Federal Reserve’s Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2014, shows that more Americans are feeling better off economically than in 2013. The positive outlook on the economy extends to Black…
By Michael Nam On Sunday, May 17th the Miami Marlins baseball franchise made a curious choice to replace their manager, Mike Redmond. Rather than working with the current “Selig Rule” to review multiple diverse candidates for the role, the Marlins went with their general manager, Dan Jennings, another white guy,…
By Sheryl Estrada More than 150 high-achieving, ethnically diverse college students from campuses across the country arrived in New York City Wednesday to begin a journey into the professional-services field. EY (No. 3 in The 2014 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity) hosted its ninth annual Discover EY event, which…
By Dr. Nancy DiTomaso After several decades of attention to diversity and inclusion, most large companies have programs and policies that are intended to expand diversity in the workforce. They often have diversity officers to oversee these efforts. My guess is that companies find now what I did when I…
Luke Visconti: How does diversity management help TD Bank reach an increasingly diverse footprint, both in and outside the United States Bharat Masrani: Within TD, this has been a very strategic initiative that started many, many years ago. Obviously, diversity is the right moral thing to do. But it is…
By Chris Hoenig LeBron James may have just won his second NBA title (and second NBA Finals MVP award), but he and other league stars could find themselves registering a different kind of assist this offseason. A new POLITICO report indicates that officials within the Obama Administration have begun reaching…