Strategy 2:
Establish and Demonstrate
Strong DEI Values for
Greater Business Impact
Trust, transparency, and accountability must
be supported, reinforced and demonstrated
by key stakeholders.
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Establish
values across the
organization including
trust, transparency,
and accountability.
Trust
Show Belief in a Diverse, Equitable
and Inclusive Culture
Create and maintain a safe work
environment where unique attributes
are understood, valued and utilized.
Offer equal capabilities-based
career opportunities and reward
performance equitably.
Support the communities and
markets the organization serves.
Transparency
Communicate DEI
Commitment Openly
Demonstrate the organization's
values publicly and tell the
story often, both internally
and in the community.
Accountability
Organizational Buy-in and Onus
Assess the current state,
commit to a new DEI vision
and the steps to get there.
Vision permeates all levels of
organization: talent acquisition,
Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
and all leadership.
44% of organizations
take steps to keep
workers and customers
safe.
1
60%
of organizations with
high-level leadership
publicly communicate
diversity goals
information.
5
49%
express opinion about racial
justice to employees.
3
56%
of organizations promote DEI
policies in response to the
social justice movement.
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1
Brandon Hall Group, Diversity & Inclusion Benchmarking Study, 2020.
2
Brandon Hall Group, Diversity & Inclusion Benchmarking Study, 2020.
3
Brandon Hall Group, Diversity & Inclusion Benchmarking Study, 2020.
4
Brandon Hall Group, Diversity & Inclusion Study: What's Changing, 2020.
5
Brandon Hall Group, Diversity & Inclusion Study: What's Changing, 2020.
3 out of 10
organizations do not
set any DEI goals.
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