Companies are making bold promises about greater diversity — there’s a long way to go
As protests sweep the nation, more and more companies are releasing statements and announcing initiatives aimed at promoting diversity and inclusion within their walls. Whether these promises lead to tangible outcomes remains to be seen, especially since corporations are not presently required to disclose statistics on employee make-up, which makes tracking broad progress difficult at best.The data that has been collected through surveys paints a picture of just how far things need to change before companies are truly representative of the makeup of society at large, and before salaries are comparable across categories like gender, race, ethnicity and sexual orientation.Much attention has been given in recent years to the lack of diversity on corporate boards, which has forced companies to...
