Diversity and Inclusion

PORTLAND, Ore. - "Opting out," the new catch phrase within corporate circles, defines the rising trend towards leaving corporate positions for alternative career paths. Given this, CareerWomen.com recently conducted a poll to ask working women if they have opted out ...

LAFAYETTE, IN -- Alcoa announced today that for the second year in a row, its Lafayette, Indiana, Operations received a safety achievement award in the "Owners" category for efforts toward ensuring the safety of contractor employees by the Metro Indianapolis Coalition...

WASHINGTON, DC--Fannie Mae was selected as one of the "Best Companies for Women of Color" by Working Mother Magazine for offering job rotations, employee networking groups, diversity training, mentoring, assistance for collegiate education, a...

WASHINGTON - The Human Rights Campaign Foundation's workplace project, HRC WorkNet, today unveiled two new online resources to assist employers in navigating lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues in the workplace. One resource centers on how marriage for same-...

NORTHBROOK, IL - Working Mother magazine named Allstate one of the "Best Companies for Women of Color". Only five other companies made the list and include American Express, Fannie Mae, General Mills, IBM and JP Morgan Chase.

NEW YORK, NY--On May 5, 2004, five remarkable young women from leading academic institutions in the U.S. were honored for their achievements and promising scientific research, as part of the L'Oréal USA for Women in Science Fellowship Programme. The...

ATLANTA - InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), the world's largest and most global hotel company, ranked 14th among the Top 50 Companies for Diversity as announced April 19 by DiversityInc, a magazine and online publisher providing information on the business benefits...

Washington, D.C. - This Mother's Day, leaders of the No Dirty Gold consumer campaign are calling on husbands, sons, and daughters to protect mothers around the world from being harmed by destructive gold mining practices. Mother's Day is the second largest gold jewel...

San Francisco - World Fair Trade Week, May 3 through 9 is a time to combine the American passion for shopping with economic justice, two imperatives that are often at odds in the world of consumption. When shoppers make an effort to purchase Fair Trade products, inste...

MONTREAL/TORONTO/PITTSBURGH - The United Nations has responded to an appeal by US and Canadian unions to review Nike’s affiliation with the UN Global Compact because, the unions contend, Nike (NYSE: NKE) systematically violates workers’ rights.