Support For The Black Lives Matter Movement: Deciphering Between Diversity Inclusion And Equity

This is the eighth post in a 12-part series on how companies can show support for the Black Lives Matter movement by changing company policies and practices. This post focuses on educating senior leadership about the differences between diversity, equity, and inclusion.

If someone were to ask how your organization defines diversity, equity, and inclusion do you have a good answer? Has your organization sat down and considered this question and identified the steps that it plans to institute in order to achieve goals related to each concept? Can you easily verbalize to managers the difference between the three concepts as well as the steps that the organization is taking to independently undertake the creation of a more equitable, diverse and inclusive environment?