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Legal challenges could have chilling effect on workplace diversity efforts

by Stephanie Hughes
Oct 3, 2023
It's possible that employers will roll back racial diversity initiatives even if they’re perfectly legal.
Above, portraits of Black women entrepreneurs at an event co-hosted by the Fearless Fund. A federal appeals court temporarily blocked a contest hosted by the Fearless Fund that awards grants to businesses that are majority-owned by Black women.
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For companies trying to diversify their workforces, good data might be key

by Jasmine Garsd
Apr 19, 2021
Data alone will not fix a company's diversity problem, though.
A growing number of businesses are looking into their own implicit biases like these, which experts say is a great step.
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With PepsiCo's second-quarter earnings out, activists look beyond profits and losses

by Jasmine Garsd
Jul 13, 2020
The company has committed to helping the Black Lives Matter movement, but has faced pressure to go beyond writing a check.
Pepsi’s CEO says the company will spend $400 million to "lift up Black communities," but some say that's avoiding taking responsibility for internal change.
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Silver is the new gold

by Lisa Napoli
Oct 26, 2018
People over 50 have most of the disposable income, but marketers mostly see them as sick and fearful.
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Silver is the new gold

by Lisa Napoli
Oct 26, 2018
People over 50 have most of the disposable income, but marketers mostly see them as sick and fearful.
An office interior.
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Who’s the boss? Majority of Americans (finally) don’t care if their boss is a man or a woman

by Jana Kasperkevic
Nov 17, 2017
Women are less likely to prefer male bosses than before.
(L to R) Jeff Bezos, chief executive officer of Amazon, Larry Page, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc. (parent company of Google), Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, Vice President Mike Pence listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting of technology executives at Trump Tower on December 2016 in New York City.
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Recruiters often overlook historically black colleges and universities

by Jana Kasperkevic
Aug 3, 2017
Here is why they shouldn't.
Nearly 300,000 students attended HBCUs in 2015.
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Manufacturing can help itself by hiring more women, study says

by Mitchell Hartman
Apr 24, 2017
For some time we’ve heard that American manufacturing is in long-term decline — and that’s true, at least in terms of how many people it employs and how much of what we consume is made here. But manufacturing has rebounded since the recession, and there are lots of lean, mean, technology-driven manufacturers thriving all over […]
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Why Silicon Valley isn’t doing enough about gender equality

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 23, 2017
The tech industry is 'awful' to women, journalist and author Liza Mundy says.
If inequality isn't fixed, "Women get shut out of one of the most exciting, attractive fields to work in," Liza Mundy says.
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Building a diverse workforce by investing in college

by Amy Scott
Aug 26, 2016
A Minnesota scholarship program aims to close a gap in college completion.
Fatima Ahmad, 18, is a Wallin scholar and intern at U.S. Bank.
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