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Leading by Example: External Environment’s Impact on DEI Messaging

October 30, 2024

By: Emma Edoga, Chad Peddie, and Keli P. Wilson, and DiversIQ

In Parts I and II, we explored how S&P 100 companies use their websites to communicate DEI commitments through various sections and the messaging of DEI philosophy. Besides effective...

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Leading by Example: Public DEI Messaging

October 23, 2024

By: Emma Edoga, Chad Peddie, and Keli P. Wilson, and DiversIQ

What Content Is Typically Communicated on the Diversity Webpages of S&P 100 Companies?

In Part I of our three-part blog series, we found that 92% of S&P 100 companies have a webpage link...

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Leading by Example: Public Commitment to DEI

October 16, 2024

By: Emma Edoga, Chad Peddie, and Keli P. Wilson, and DiversIQ

There is no single way for employers to signal their commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Employers may partner with a third-party organization, sponsor DEI-focused...

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Accountability for DEI Commitments: A New Report and Scorecard by CBC

September 23, 2024

By: Keli Wilson

In September of 2024, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC)released a reporttitledWhat Good Looks Like: A Corporate Accountability Report on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.In this report, CBC provided a scorecard on corporate ...

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What’s in a Name? Replacing ‘Affirmative Action’ with ‘Non-Discrimination in Employment Plan’

August 28, 2024

By: Dave Cohen & Dave Sharrer

In June 2023, the Supreme Court made a landmark decision in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. (SFFA) v. President & Fellows of Harvard College (Harvard) and SFFA v. University of North Carolina (UNC), ruling 6-3 that...

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New Framework for Ensuring Accountability and Comparability in DEIA Efforts

August 14, 2024

By: Chad Peddie

On July 25, 2024, the Civil Rights Audit Standards (the Standards) were published by an independent committee led by PolicyLink, a leading national research and action institute dedicated to racial and economic equity and CapEQ, an...

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Will Corporate America Reaffirm Commitment to DEI Efforts?

January 31, 2024

By: Keli Wilson

On December 15, 2023, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) sent a letter to Fortune 500 companies asking them to reaffirm their commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. The letter also asks these recipients to ...

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Shared Applicant Pools for Agency Jobs

January 30, 2024

By: Keli Wilson and Marcelle Clavette

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced aninitiative for federal agencies to pursue pooled hiring with a focus on skills-based selection, evaluating needed skills versus applicants’ education and...

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Diversity Business Principles Initiative: Operationalizing DEIA Programs

December 04, 2023

By: Keli Wilson

The Commerce Department is taking steps to operationalize diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) program best practices through a Diversity Business Principles (DBP) initiative, which was published in the Federal...

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Harvard and UNC [6 Things You Need to Consider for Your DEIA Program]

July 13, 2023

By Workforce Equity, DCI Consulting Group

DCI Consulting Group (DCI) is monitoring reactions, answering questions, and releasing content related to the June 2023 Supreme Court ruling on with affirmative action in higher education1. The Court's...

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President Biden Issues Executive Order to Advance Diversity and Inclusion Across Federal Government

July 07, 2021

On June 25th, President Biden issued an executive order, and accompanying fact sheet, designed to “advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility across the Federal Government” for disadvantaged groups. 

Who does this impact?

The order...

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NAACP LDF Adds Lawsuit to Chorus of Voices Opposing Executive Order 13950

November 02, 2020

On Thursday, October 29, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc (LDF) filed a constitutional challenge to Executive Order 13950, labeling it “an extraordinary and unprecedented” federal act that violates first amendment rights and “strikes...

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