Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Resources
Tom Salmon, Chairman & CEO, Berry Global, Lori Sutton, Director Corporate Human Resources/Director of Diversity & Inclusion, Berry Global, and Holly Sanders, HR Director, AstraZeneca gave us a look at how their organizations are advancing equity, both within and outside the workplace. This E-REP DEI Series is in partnership with the YMCA of Southwestern Indiana, Inc., Welborn Baptist Foundation, Inc. and BRIDGE: Building Respect & Integrity in Diverse Greater Evansville.
A Few Key Takeaways:
- Diverse teams make 87% better business decisions
- Businesses with Gender Balance are 50% more profitable
- DEI makes business sense
- DEI is the human thing to do
- Equity = Giving people what they need
- Start with a conversation
- Awareness training
- Start meetings with a ‘DEI moment’
Resources:
- Book ‘We can’t talk about that at work‘ – By Mary Francis Winters
- TedTalks
- Harvard Business Review
- McKinsey Reports
Local DE&I Stories
An essay from USI President Celebrating Black History Month
In celebration of Black History Month, University of Southern Indiana President Ronald S. Rochon, PhD comprised an essay titled “Because of You: Community Activism Guided by Humanity” that will appear as the “State of the U” in the Spring 2021 issue of illume, the University of Southern Indiana magazine. To read the full essay, please click here.
Toyota’s Indiana Plant Creates Job Pathways for People Living With Disabilities
Ivy Tech Community College Announces MLK Essay Contest Winners
Online Resources:
Articles:
- From commitments to action: How CEOs can advance racial equity in their regional economies
- How the Best Bosses Interrupt Bias
11 Harmful Types of Unconscious Bias and How to Interrupt Them
Let’s talk about racial microaggressions in the workplace - A Workplace Divided: Understanding the Climate for LGBTQ Workers Nationwide
Bias Interrupters: Tools for Organizations
Implicit Association Test (IAT) - The diversity and inclusion revolution: Eight powerful truths – Deloitte, January 2018
- The business case for racial equity – WK Kellogg Foundation, July 2018
- Missing out: The business case for customer diversity – Deloitte, 2017
- The Deloitte Global Millennial Survey 2020
- Merck CEO Ken Frazier Talks Diversity in Manufacturing
- Understanding organizational barriers to a more inclusive workplace
- Donald Thompson: Activating growth with multicultural marketing
- Diversity and Inclusion Efforts That Really Work
Websites:
- www.blackchamberevv.com
- blackworks.glideapp.io
- Evansville African American Museum
- African American History Month
- Association for the Study of African American Life & History
- Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
- Google – Supporting Black-owned Businesses
- www.blackchamberevv.com
- blackworks.glideapp.io
- The Dialogue Project – Executive Summary and Actionable steps
- Bridge: Building Respect & Integrity in Diverse Greater Evansville
- McKinsey & Company – Delivering thru Diversity
- Ice Miller: Racial Equity Solutions center
- Business Roundtable Commits to Break Down Barriers to Economic Opportunity
Education & Training:
- Diversity and Inclusion Initiative: A Step By Step Guide
Purdue University Online Course: Understanding Diversity and Inclusion Learn how to create a more inclusive world - Inclusion and Beyond, Inc. A consulting and training enterprise on diversity and inclusion.
Recorded Webinars:
Books/Documentaries:
- The Color of Law A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
- The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias
- Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
- The New Jim Crow
- How to Be an Antiracist
- Tightrope Americans Reaching for Hope
- 13th
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