CHAPTER TWENTYWhat Is the Purpose of a Company’s Annual Diversity Report?

Dear Diversity Diva:

My company has put out a diversity report. It puts one out every year and most of the time I don’t bother looking at it. But one day out of boredom, I pulled it up and looked at it and well … to put it nicely, it seemed like a lot of bull hockey. Why do companies put one out and what’s it really supposed to be reporting on?

Signed,Worried About the Trees Cut Down for Diversity Reports

Why You Need a Diversity Report

Diversity reports are one of those things that big companies and organizations like to put out for several reasons: to make them look like they really are as concerned about diversity as they say they are, to make sure that people whose ...

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