Diversity Best Practices' News section features reporting and analysis on the latest trends in workplace diversity and diversity in society overall. Updated on a regular basis, this area houses the information about the field of workforce diversity and Diversity Best Practices organization and member news diversity practitioners need to stay up-to-date and effect change.
September 21, 2010
With nearly 25 percent of board members being women, the United Kingdom’s broadcast industry has a higher level of diversity than most Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 companies, according to a recent study reported in HR Magazine UK. The percentage of people with disabilities and ethnic minorities still remains low, but the study indicates retention levels for these groups are...
September 21, 2010
By the year 2025, Generation Y will make up 75 percent of the global workforce. Many experienced professionals perceive this cohort, which as raised in a child-centric era by “helicopter parents,” to be high maintenance to hire, manage and develop. However, in an article in Arrive magazine, Jason Ryan Dorsey, the Gen Y author of Y-Size Your Business: How Gen Y Employees Can Save You Money and...
September 21, 2010
While many studies have exposed the glass ceiling for women and minorities aspiring to senior management positions, a recent large-scale study found that women and minorities also experience challenges when trying to advance to lower-ranking posts. A “sticky floor” and promotional bottleneck exists, keeping minorities at the bottom and enabling white men to advance at a significantly higher rate...
September 21, 2010
With a wave of online diversity training opportunities beginning to emerge, business experts believe online social media will be the new trend in diversity training. With expanded outreach opportunities and greater access to resources and information, companies stand to gain a great deal from using online communities, according to an article by Roger O. Crockett on the Harvard Business Review...
September 20, 2010
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Sept., 2010 -- Sodexo COO and Education Market President Lorna Donatone was recognized with a national award this week for her role in mentoring women who are aspiring leaders.
Donatone won an Ascendancy Award from w2wlink.com, a professional online community for women, in the Entrepreneurial category. The awards were established in 2009 to recognize, reward and inspire women...
September 20, 2010
NEW YORK, Sept. 16, 2010 -- Ernst & Young LLP is pleased to announce its membership in Change the Equation, a CEO-led initiative to cultivate widespread literacy in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), which was launched today at the White House. Change the Equation (CTEq) will aim to achieve the President's Educate to Innovate campaign mission to increase private and...
September 17, 2010
Senior executives from Northern Trust Corporation shared best practices, tools and strategies around diversity within the Chicago-based financial services organization. The discussion, moderated by Mark David Welch, senior vice president, director of global diversity & inclusion at Northern Trust, focused on how each of the five panelists engaged diversity and inclusion within their...
September 17, 2010
New analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research finds that little progress is being made in closing the gender wage gap. In 2009, median annual earnings for employed women were $36,278, compared with $47,127 for men. This equals a female-to-male earnings ratio of 77.0 percent, 0.1 percent lower than in 2008 and 0.7 percent lower than in 2007.
The gender wage...
