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Group of diverse HR professionalsFew topics are as important or relevant to the HR field than diversity and inclusion. Diversity can bring substantial benefits to the business environment by creating a group better equipped to solve problems and offer creative innovations. We provide this blog as a way to discuss the latest accounts, questions and concerns on diversity and inclusion and how it relates to the human resources profession.

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DiversityInc's Top 10 Companies for Executive Women

What type of corporate culture enables a woman executive to stay and flourish at all ages and in all types of family/personal situations? A very flexible one that customizes options for individuals and offers role models at all levels, as well as a strong cross-cultural mentoring program. The 10 companies on this list all emphasize talent development and all have strong women's employee-resource groups.

Here are the companies that made the list:

  1. Kraft Foods
  2. PricewaterhouseCoopers
  3. Sodexo
  4. Kaiser Permanente
  5. Procter & Gamble
  6. Johnson & Johnson
  7. Ernst & Young
  8. Deloitte
  9. Bank of America
  10. American Express

Read the full article at DiversityInc.com.

Can a White Man Speak With Authority on Diversity?

Luke Visconti, founder of DiversityInc, recently addressed this question in an article on his website. Here's an excerpt:

Question:

Upon returning to my office, re-energized by the DiversityInc event in March, I shared the information you addressed during your talk [when you] spoke about DiversityInc and mentioned your Ask the White Guy f

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DiversityInc Names Top Ten Companies for Asian Americans

DiversityInc, a company whose mission is to "bring education and clarity to the business benefits of diversity," has published an article naming the top ten companies for Asian Americans. Here's an excerpt:

The companies on this particular list show consistent progress in their recruitment, retention and promotion of Asian-American employees, have

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HR Professionals in Japan Shift to Emergency Mode

Human resource professionals in Japan have switched into emergency mode in the wake of a record earthquake March 11, 2011, that devastated part of the country, killing thousands, immobilizing transit and turning schools into evacuation centers.

The quake, measuring a magnitude of 9.0, struck near the northeastern coast of Honshu, Japan, at 2:46 p.m. local time,

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