Organizations believe workplace diversity is important, but only 30 percent have an official definition of it, and there is no common language to guide companies in managing their diversity efforts.
When we think of diversity, we traditionally refer to differences in race, gender, sexual orientation or other identity markers. But some firms expand that to refer to differences in how people think ...
What qualifies as a “diverse” workplace? Does it mean that employees are of a variety of different races and genders? Or does it mean they’ve had a variety of life experiences? Millennials seem to be ...
Most of us are familiar with the traditional definition of diversity: the range of human differences, including (but not limited to), everything from race, gender, religion, age and more. However, ...
Diversity is a big buzzword. It's also very hard to define. While you may think you know what it is, do you really? A week or so ago, I saw a headline about adding diversity to a trade group, which ...
With the ongoing tumult in America following the campaign and election of a president who frequently uses divisive language, the issue of diversity has been a pressing one on college campuses. Boston ...
Abigail Fisher, right, who sued the University of Texas, walks outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The court is taking up a challenge to a University of Texas program that considers race in some ...
FILE - A gavel rests on the bench inside a courtroom. On Thursday, April 4, 2024, the State Bar of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin association representing attorneys, agreed to change the definition of ...
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