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1. Exploring the Intersection of
Diversity and Ethics

2. Carmen Poole
Lead Instructional
Writer
EverFi
Douglas Kelly
Lead Legal Editor
EverFi
Preston Clark
President
EverFi

3. Agenda ● Diversity Insights
● Ethical Parallels
● The Takeaways

4. Diversity

5. Diversity in the News
● Atlassian Survey
○ What does it tell us about the current state of D&I?
● The Privilege of Purview
○ Who’s in charge?

6. Atlassian Survey
Atlassian Survey Respondent:
“Although the tech industry as a whole does a great deal to promote
diversity and inclusion my publicly traded company says it does (for
appearance/legal reasons) but clearly does not. Anyone who has worked
there over a year can openly see the lack of diversity and the extreme lack
of inclusion among employees. Appearance is everything -- they want to
appear as though they are doing all they can with minimal effort in reality.”

7. The Privilege of Purview
Foreshadowing Future Failures
● Purview: The range or limit of authority, competence, responsibility,
concern, or intention
● Tone from the Top

8. Diversity and Ethics and Culture and Change
● Diets, Denial, and Lifestyle Change
○ Rooney Rule (2003)
○ Pinterest (2017)
● Business Case ≥ Moral Case?
● Ethical Decision Making

9. Doing Good, and Doing a Good Thing Well
● Diversity ROI
○ Political Correctness and Creativity
○ Cognitive Laziness, Job Performance, and Bias

10. Diversity Best Practices
● Diversity
○ is not just a number
● Inclusion is....
○ not conceptual or theoretical

11. Poll Question #1
When it comes to building an “Inclusive Workplace”, what would you
say is your organization’s biggest challenge?
a. Defining it
b. Measuring it
c. Getting buy-in (from above)
d. Getting buy-in (from below)
e. Establishing best practices

12. Ethics

13. Defining Ethics
Correct behavior defined by a company’s values

14. Ethics News
Companies believe they are ethical or compliant, but it
turns out they apparently weren’t.
● Litigation
● Wells Fargo, Uber, Fox News, UPS

15. Defining the Problem - Paper Program
“A so-called 'paper program' is not necessarily a ‘bad faith attempt at
intentional window dressing,’ but may be a program that is misaligned with the
company's culture and has lost legitimacy. This model shows that a
corporation - even one acting in good faith - that adopts the technical aspects
of a compliance program but does not attend to the organization's informal
systems and ethical climate will not be successful in encouraging ethical
behavior.”
Hess, S. (2016). ETHICAL INFRASTRUCTURES AND EVIDENCE-BASED CORPORATE COMPLIANCE AND ETHICS PROGRAMS: POLICY
IMPLICATIONS FROM THE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE. N.Y.U. Journal of Law and Business, 12: 317, 321.

16. Defining the Problem - Paper Program
Some companies are not truly committed.
Like diversity:
- Shaky Tone at the Top (lack of will)
- Misalignment with Culture
- Legitimacy (fairness), Management, Informal Systems
- Lack of Benchmarking

17. Crafting the Solution - Values as a Driver
Values drive everything.
“While avoiding legal sanctions is important, creating a work environment that
values ethical behavior turns words on paper into effective company-wide
practices. The process for establishing and maintaining a strong value system
is guided by the organization’s mission and vision for its future, and mapping
out a business plan that reaches its goals without sacrificing its integrity.”*
*Peterson, K. (2017). Code of Ethics: Aligning Culture with Compliance. Upcoming.

18. Crafting the Solution - How
● Data
○ Climate Surveys
○ Harvard Business Review
○ Ethisphere
● Culture
○ Training

19. Poll Question #2
How does your organization most communicate its values?
a. Policies
b. Everyday Actions
c. Senior Leadership
d. Training
e. Employees

20. Building the Future - Millennials
The 2016 Deloitte Millennial Survey
● Employees, Customers Managers
● They care about ethics and diversity. They truly care.
● They aren’t being supported right now.

21. THE TAKEAWAYS
● A diverse workplace can and
does disrupt unethical
decisions
● Diversity should be an ethical
value
● You must commit to diversity
and ethics to reap their
benefits
● Inclusion requires skill-building
in order to support a more
ethical workplace
Doing good does good.

22. Questions
?

23. Thanks!
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