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Podcast Recap: Willie Jackson Discusses Workplace Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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I firmly believe that there is finally an opportunity to correct massive injustice, dismantle the structures of systemic racism, and co-create a new future where all people can have true freedom, equal rights, and equal opportunities for a life of safety and prosperity. This is about much more than workplace diversity.

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18 Top Brands Changing Their Name to Avoid Racial Bias

Ongig

The types of accused racist brands include: Product Name — examples: Aunt Jemima and Eskimo Pies are both brand names that will be changed. Logos/Branding — example: Mrs. Butterworth’s is revamping its branding (the curvy bottle shape is a racial caricature stereotype for black women). That will never change.”

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Making Diversity Central to Success: Q&A With Chevron’s Chief Diversity Officer

HR Digest

Diversity is an overused word, but at Chevron it’s a perfect description of its corporate culture. The company’s 2018 Corporate Responsibility Report highlights how diversity and inclusion (D&I) feature so centrally in the company’s success story. Efforts to bring more diversity to the oil and gas industry are working.

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Can HR really fix organisations’ diversity problems?

cipHR

It’s time for a new approach to improve workplace diversity and inclusion – one focused on changing the environment in order to “de-weaponise the cultures that we oversee,” argued John Amaechi, a former NBA basketball player turned organisational psychologist, at the CIPD Festival of Work 2020. “We The environment they are in is toxic.”.

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What Makes a Workplace Diversity Program Successful?

Thrive Global

Facebook publishes an annual diversity report —a way to catalog the efforts the company is making toward diversifying its staff, and to report on its progress. Diversity initiatives are policies and practices designed to improve the workplace experiences and outcomes of target group members. Backfiring.

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Tips for overcoming racial discrimination in the workplace

HR Digest

Inclusion is good for business; companies with more diverse management teams have 19% higher revenues, for example. We list out some ways here to be an equal opportunity employer for the workplace. Companies always mention in their ‘about us” section when hiring that they are an equal opportunities company. Open Hiring.

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The Top CEO Concern Today: Speed of Change

HR Bartender

At Dropbox, managers are held accountable for attrition, hiring, diversity, engagement, etc. So, results are important, but methods are equally important. I’ve always read that the number one concern of CEOs is recruiting and retaining talent. My take was that recruiting and retention are a given. Like profits. It starts here.