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Most Companies Have Diversity Strategies
Study of Corporate Diversity Initiatives
As corporate workforces start to resemble Olympic villages, and globalization intensifies trans-national and cross-cultural workplace interactions, diversity programs are becoming a mission-critical piece of most organizations.
According to a recent study by the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp), nearly three-quarters of all responding companies, and a whopping 85% of firms with [...]
Transgender Employees: What’s an Employer to Do?
The following is a guest post provided by Dr. Jillian Todd Weiss, Associate Professor of Law and Society at Ramapo College, who researches this area, as well as consults with corporations and writes a popular blog on the subject, Transgender Workplace Diversity. She has now authored the new book described below, Transgender Workplace Diversity: Policy [...]
Mommified: Social Science Evidence of Discrimination Against Mothers
Several weeks ago, “Equal Pay Day” rekindled discussions of pay inequality between men and women, highlighted by the release of a new study of the extent to which the pay gap reflects unlawful, gender-based discrimination.
George wrote a post on this topic for the Recruiting Blogswap, which was published by CollegeRecruiter.com under the title “The Gender-Pay [...]
MLK Day: workplace diversity is good business
I’m a regular NPR listener during my commutes, and quite familiar with what NPR calls “Driveway Moments” (”You are stuck in your car—it’s not a flat tire or a traffic jam, it’s because you can’t tear yourself away from your radio—you are having a Driveway Moment.”)
A Morning Edition story this morning on workplace diversity and [...]
A nice new blog; three excellent Web 2.0 apps
A little hodgepodge here. Four items that are related to each other only because they all recently joined my list of sites and tools for working the Internet to prepare this blog.
First, a new blog: Diversity Advantage.
Team-written, it promises:
Diversity Advantage is an informative blog written by a team of top experts in diversity and [...]
Book Review: Diversity Recruitment Advertising Toolkit
Diversity Recruitment: A Lot More Than Just Some Words On Paper
An article from Forbes.com reports some interesting findings in terms of diversity recruitment, with regard to which companies are viewed most highly by minority students, the importance of executive involvement, and the kinds of recruitment sources preferred.
What are some of the companies viewed most favorably by minority students?
Sphere: Related Content
Unconscious Bias and Employment Discrimination: Is the Name Bielby Involved?
According to a recent article in BusinessWeek, many large class action employment discrimination cases are relying on the notion of unconscious bias, which has been evoked largely by a sociologist named Bielby.
The article states that Bielby has been involved in at least 50 cases, charging $450.00 per hour, and generally earning $30,000 or more [...]
Wal-Mart Releases Diversity Information: But Is There Enough Information There?
One employment discrimination lawsuit that we have followed quite carefully in this blawg is Dukes v. Wal-Mart, with entries ranging from an analysis of the judge’s decision to grant class certification to a posting regarding an apparent attempt at settling the Dukes v. Wal-Mart sex discrimination class action case out of court.
Now, we note [...]
Is Refusal to Support Christian Employee Group Religious Discrimination?
May an employer refuse to provide religious employee groups the same support it provides racial/ethnic groups under a diversity initiative?
A Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals case decided a few months ago addressed this question, concluding that the employer, GM, could do so without violating the religious discrimination prohibition of Title VII of the Civil [...]
When In Rome, What Do You Do?
You have certainly heard the old cliche “When in Rome, do as the Romans.” But, what do the Romans, Greeks, or others “do” that you should “do?”
More important, sometimes, when dealing with persons from other cultures, is to avoid doing that which you are NOT supposed to do.
Recently, I had a posting about CQ [...]
The Latest Survey of Hiring Sources: The Highlights and Some Interesting Findings on Diversity Recruitment
I summarize the highlights of CareerXRoads’ lastest survey of recruitment sources. Lots of potentially useful information in the survey, with some particularly interesting discussion of diversity recruiting.
Think You Are Unbiased? You May Be Wrong!
According to some relatively new research, hidden or “implicit” discriminatory bias may be far more common than we thought. Even so, with proper training, people with implicit biases can learn to hold their biases in check and avoid violating employment discrimination laws.
This research shows that most of the bias (70%) is targeted against African-Americans. [...]
Incidence of Employment Discrimination: Is Perception Reality?
Washington Post reports: “Fifteen percent of all workers say they have been discriminated against in their workplace during the past year, according to a new Gallup Organization poll.”
Washington Post: “The Bias Breakdown”
See also: “Workplace bias still prevalent, Gallup survey finds,” (SHRM) and “Almost One in Six Americans Report Discrimination at Workplace in Past Year” (Gallup [...]
Another Aspect of Diversity: Cross-Cultural Awareness
When I recently wrote about diversity, I thought about the definition of diversity. I wondered to what extent the popular buzzword “diversity” is just a less controversial expression for “affirmative action,” versus one truly expressing different concepts, mindsets, and practices.
One significant difference between the two occurs when a company’s diversity initatives address diversity [...]
