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What Is a Chief Diversity Officer?
Workforce Diversity Network
In the last five years more than 30 colleges and universities have created formal CDO positions. Where others work on issues of diversity as a matter of second or third priority, chief diversity officers engage matters of diversity as a matter of first priority. Although the structures and portfolios of the CDO range from basic one-person offices, to more complex multiunit configurations, a number of threads define this emerging administrative role across all areas of corporate, higher education, health administration, nonprofit and other areas of organizational life.
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Diversity Best Practices Releases Unconscious Bias Transcript
Diversity Best Practices
Diversity Best Practices recently hosted a highly acclaimed web seminar on the topic of Unconscious Bias. Howard Ross of Cook Ross Inc. and David Kravitz, an associate professor at George Mason University, both offered their insight and perspectives on the ways in which companies should look out for, address and deal with unconscious bias in the workforce. DBP members can download the transcript for FREE.
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Methodists Struggle To Reflect Diversity
The Washington Post
Once the epitome of Main Street, U.S.A., the United Methodist Church is rapidly becoming an increasingly international family. Put another way: The church of President Bush and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) is also the church of Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. And as the Liberian president stood before thousands of fellow Methodists here Tuesday, she presented herself as the personification of the church's global missions and urged a renewed effort to fight poverty in Africa.
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CEO Roundtable Featured Senior Executives From Top U.S. Corporations
Business Wire
Senior executives from the nation’s top corporations shared their perspectives with a cross-section of U.S. Latino leadership convening in New York for the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility’s (HACR) 16th Annual Symposium. The Power of Hispanic Inclusion was the topic of discussion during the second annual HACR CEO Roundtable, hosted by Time Warner Inc. Chairman Richard D. Parsons. He was joined in a thought-provoking discussion by United Healthcare President & CEO Kenneth A. Burdick, Coors Brewing Company President & CEO Peter Swinburn, State Farm Insurance Companies Chairman & CEO Edward B. Rust, Jr. and Univision Communications Inc. CEO Joe Uva.
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Focus on Diversity
DBP Releases Succession Planning for Women of Color Research Paper
Exemplary succession planning programs lead to greater profit and enhanced corporate reputations. Diversity Best Practices proudly announces the release of "Succession Planning for Women of Color", the newest issue in the high-impact CDO Insights research paper series. This informative report was co-written by Global Lead and features case studies, insider expertise, and top notch data. Succession planning provides an opportune time for a corporation to review and analyze its diversity structure. Across the board, highly qualified people of color continue to struggle with advancement in corporate America and women of color face the tallest barriers despite the fact that they are an increasing force in top workplaces across the nation. Learn more about how your company can bolster its succession planning program or initiative. Order your copy today... contact Meghan Donnelly at Donnelly@diversitybestpractices.com or call 202-466-8209!
Diverse Holidays
May is Older Americans Month.
The Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka decision is recognized on May 17. On this date in 1954 the Supreme Court unanimously issued its historic decision holding that segregation in public education was inherently unequal and a denial of the right to equal protection under the law.
May 17th -- The International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) is an event designed to heighten awareness of homophobia in societies across the globe. The event is now in its fourth year.
May 19 marks Visakaha Day, a celebration of Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and nirvana by followers of Theravada Buddhism.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is expanding its low-priced drug program, saying on Monday that it now offers more than 1,000 over-the-counter items for $4 or less, and it will sell certain 90-day generic prescriptions for $10. Wal-Mart began selling some generic drugs for $4 per monthly prescription in Florida two years ago, but later extended the program to all its U.S. pharmacies.
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When it comes to mentoring, Sodexo has something to suit everyone. According to Jodi Davidson, Sodexo’s Director, Diversity Initiatives, Sodexo has a variety of mentoring programs that are designed to meet the needs of different employee stakeholders in the organization. “We have a formal program called IMPACT, which is designed to be cross-divisional and cross-cultural in nature; Peer 2 Peer, our employee network group mentoring programs; and BRIDGE, which is available on a regional basis within our business lines,” Davidson noted.
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Colgate-Palmolive stepped up its efforts to reach African-American consumers through two promotions that it unveiled recently. One featured the actress Holly Robinson Peete touting a new toothpaste, Total Advanced Whitening, while the second was a Mother’s Day promotion that featured Gospel artist Mary Mary. Though executives say the timing of the two efforts was coincidental, the campaigns do mark a concerted effort by the New York company to reach minority consumers.
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The nation’s Hispanic population increased 1.4 million to reach 45.5 million on July 1, 2007, or 15.1 percent of the estimated total U.S. population of 301.6 million. National and state estimates by race, Hispanic origin, sex and age released by the U.S. Census Bureau also show that the Hispanic population exceeded 500,000 in 16 states. (source: U.S. Census Bureau) |
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