3.2. Platitudes and Promises
Obliviousness or hostility to diversity wouldn't be the conclusion drawn if you canvassed the Web sites of major corporations. There, diversity jargon runs rampant, along with what often turns out to be empty platitudes and even emptier promises.
A gaping chasm exists between what companies purport to be and the actual reality of the workplace. In July 2004, the business world woke up to this blaring headline: "Morgan Stanley agrees to pay $54 million to settle class action gender suit." The investment banking firm settled the suit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on the day it was to go to trial. The EEOC accused the firm of discriminating against hundreds of female employees in its institutional ...
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