Posts tagged discrimination
Pride or Rainbow-Washing? Why Leaders Need To Be True LGBTQ+ Inclusive Allies
Pride or Rainbow-Washing? Why Leaders Need To Be True LGBTQ+ Inclusive Allies

June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month and while the rainbows seem to be everywhere—even in the new 346-piece “Everyone Is Awesome,” rainbow-colored Lego set—the workplace is not often a safe, welcome and fair place for LGBTQ+ employees.

It’s called “rainbow-washing.”

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Changing the Power Par..., Changing the Workplace, Change Leadership, Leadership/OrganizationalMichele WeldonLGBTQ, Pride Month, Activism, Workplace Culture, discriminationComment
A Primer on Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality: From the Profitability of Diversity to Unconscious Bias to its Impact on Our Country
A Primer on Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality: From the Profitability of Diversity to Unconscious Bias to its Impact on Our Country

I discuss the profitability of diversity in an article, “Disregard Diversity at Your Financial Peril: Diversity as a Competitive Financial Advantage,” that was published nationally in the May / June 2013 issue of Diversity & the Bar, the magazine distributed by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association.  You can read the full piece at: http://www.theaxelrodfirm.com/mailChimpNewsletters.php?ID=12.[1]

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ParitySheryl L. Axelroddiscrimination, diversity, parity, Women and Power Comments