By Eve Lacroix How does society benefit from effective diversity and inclusion initiatives in business? What are the strongest enablers in institutionalising inclusion in the workplace? The Global Women’s Leadership Programme sought to respond to these questions and more in its ‘Inclusion and diversity: very unfinished business’ webinar, hosted by the Business School (formerly Cass). Dr Canan Kocabasoglu […]Read More
By Ashleigh Webber In a report released on Equal Pay Day, the date at which women in the UK effectively stop earning for the rest of the year compared to men, the Fawcett Society says there are warning signs that gender equality is “going backwards” because of the challenges many women have faced because of […]Read More
In part two of Kanarys advisor Steve Bucherati’s presentation on his tenure as global chief diversity officer at Coca-Cola, we learn how the company became best-in-class on diversity and inclusion following their discrimination lawsuit and the work they put in afterward to rectify the culture and policies that led to the suit. For an overview […]Read More
Kanarys advisor Steve Buchareti recently spoke on workplace fairness in part one of his two-part presentation. Steve is the president of Bucherati Group and retired from Coca-Cola where he was the global chief diversity officer. Below are some of the learnings from his presentation, “How the Coca-Cola Company Became a Best-in-Class Fair and Equitable Workplace.” […]Read More
The need for inclusivity and diversity is at an all time high. As the nation continues to grapple with the ways systemic racism affects the everyday lives of Black men and women and people of color, the people whose experiences with racism have left them changed are no longer silent. On social sites, from around […]Read More
Once upon a time, we were normal. Employees worked primarily in company offices, with some more progressive workplaces allowing their teams to work remotely. Unemployment was at the lowest it’s been in decades, the economy was being driven by record highs in the stock market, and life was good. Until it wasn’t. Enter the new normal. […]Read More
by Laura Morgan Roberts and Ella F. Washington The United States is in crisis. As we write this article, videos of racial violence and racist threats toward Black people in America flood social and news media channels. Public demonstrations against injustice are happening in at least 30 localities. During non-violent protests, other parties have engaged in vandalism and […]Read More
Kanarys team member Jared Fitzpatrick spoke with diversity and inclusion leader Laura Ramirez about the work she and her team at Ericsson are doing during the COVID-19 crisis to ensure that all employees are heard and DEI remains at the forefront of employee engagement. Read More
By Emma Hinchliffe Every spring, the United States observes Equal Pay Day, the date that marks the number of extra months into the new year that women must work in order to earn what men brought in the previous year. Amid the global coronavirus and economic crisis, it could be easy for 2020’s marker of the gender […]Read More
By Marilyn Louis In college, I interned with a local health insurance company. When I was getting ready to complete my internship, a professional mentor of mine, who also happened to be another Woman of Color, offered me some advice on how to succeed in “corporate America.” She told me, “You need to get rid […]Read More
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