Women CEOs are becoming increasingly disaffected by the patriarchal hierarchy and biases of the organizations they work for.
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With women still underrepresented in leadership globally, why aren’t organizations and investors doing more to realize the benefits that diversity brings? Perhaps it’s the C-suite that needs changing.
The DEI label is often used to play upon racial resentments and is increasingly being appropriated as a dog whistle.
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The term DEI has increasingly been co-opted to attack and undermine the positions, qualifications and abilities of racialized people.
Inclusive workplaces are good for morale as well as the bottom line.
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Diversity, equity and inclusion are good for the bottom line.
New College of Florida’s board of trustees, including conservative activist Christopher Rufo, on the screen, lower right, at a Feb. 28, 2023, meeting at which they voted to abolish the office that handles diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
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There’s a backlash against programs that aim to reverse the effects of systemic racism in the US. A survey indicates that racism is behind that backlash.
The accounting profession has suffered from the under-representation of women and marginalized people for many years.
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Ethnic minority auditors are less likely to become partners at accounting firms despite being better at their jobs than their white counterparts.
Oscar wins through the years: 1. Hattie McDaniel, best supporting actress with Fay Bainter, 1940. 2. Whoopi Goldberg, best supporting actress, 1991. 3. Halle Berry, best actress, 2002. 4. Jennifer Hudson, best supporting actress, 2007. 5. Mo'Nique, best supporting actress, 2010. 6. Lupita Nyong’o, best actress, 2014. 7. Octavia Spencer, best supporting actress, 2012. 8.Viola Davis, best supporting actress, 2017 9. Da'Vine Joy Randolph, best supporting actress, 2024.
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It’s been nine years since #OscarsSoWhite called out a lack of diversity at the Oscars. Has anything changed? Prof. Naila Keleta-Mae and actress Mariah Inger unpack the progress.
When entrepreneurship programs do consider inclusion, most focus on gender without considering age, ethnicity, race or other identity factors.
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A toolkit for inclusive entrepreneurship education and training was developed with input from a 19-country panel of entrepreneurship educators.
Despite the increasing representation of persons with hearing loss in the workplace, discrimination, a lack of accessibility and isolation still prevent equity and inclusion.
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Discrimination, a lack of accessibility and isolation still prevent persons with hearing loss from experiencing equity and inclusion at work.
It’s crucial that workplaces committed to diversity and inclusion don’t overlook the importance of addressing mental health concerns.
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Workplaces committed to diversity and inclusion need to ensure they don’t overlook the importance of addressing mental health concerns.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
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A sociologist interviewed more than 200 Black workers about their experiences. Here’s what she found.
Diverse campuses better prepare students for leadership roles, research shows.
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Diversity programs benefit schools and students in multiple ways, research shows.
How companies communicate their diversity initiatives matters.
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Policies that foster diversity, equity and inclusion have been shown to have many positive operational impacts − including leading to more worker engagement.
A social media narrative that anti-racism and equity work is to blame for a high school principal’s death could mean challenges ahead for equity workers.
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The media storm that is building on equity work after the death of a Toronto school principal will test Canadians’ commitment to doing the work needed to be done to address racism.
Canadians with invisible and on-again/off-again disabilities have been experiencing increasing amounts of illegal discrimination in the workplace.
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Organizations that are serious about diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace need to actively and consistently work towards removing barriers to employment for employees with disabilities.
It’s not true that college students reject challenging ideas wholesale and oppose conservative views.
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The quality of public debate over free speech in higher education matters. And the debate right now gets the facts all wrong.
Portland, Maine’s Rising Tide Brewery supports ‘economic development, LGBTQ+ rights, BIPOC equality … and stewardship of Maine’s natural environment.’
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And you thought you were just going out for a beer.
Women face much higher levels of discrimination in hiring and promotions compared to male medical professionals.
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After decades of effort to reduce discrimination in the workplace, a cultural change may be happening that will enable people to move past their unconscious biases.