Select Readings: Diversity Equity & Inclusion

The forward-thinking corporate leadership of today is working to address disparities in workplace culture caused by social barriers and biased thinking. And as this progress is made, it’s important to emphasize diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) to hold...

The white paper from the American Society For Health Care Risk Management entitled “Recognizing and Managing Bias in the Ambulatory Health Care Setting”  focuses on assisting health care organizations understand the definition and impact of unconscious and implicit...

An enewsletter (September 15, 2021) from The Case Foundation, an organization that invests in individuals, nonprofits, and social enterprises aiming to connect people, increase giving, and catalyze civic action:   In Breaking Good, we’ve often noted that companies...

The Journal Club discussed the article, "Dear White Boss" published in the Harvard Business Review magazine in Nov. 2002. Caver and Livers, faculty and coaches at the Center for Creative Leadership, wrote a fictional letter from a black manager to a white boss...

The issue doesn’t get much attention, and the available data are limited, but what we know should be a wake-up call for the health professionals and health care institutions about the care provided to LGBT+ people. The big number: over a third of LGBT+ people – those...

August marks National Black Business Month, a month in which Black businesses and Black entrepreneurs are recognized and celebrated for their successes, milestones, and historical progress. According to the Annual Business Survey data, “Blacks or African Americans...

The article, published in the Harvard Business Review Magazine (July–August 2016), states that in analyzing three decades’ worth of data from more than 800 U.S. firms and interviewing hundreds of line managers and executives at length, they have seen that companies...