This document discusses the intersection of diversity and ethics. It notes that while companies say they promote diversity and inclusion, surveys show a lack of real diversity and inclusion in many organizations. It also discusses how companies believe they are ethical but are found not to be through litigation. It argues that values must drive diversity and ethics efforts for them to be successful. Companies need to commit to both diversity and ethics to build an ethical workplace culture and reap benefits like avoiding unethical decisions. Inclusion requires skill-building to support ethical behavior. Doing good and having strong values can lead to good business outcomes.

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
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23. Thanks!
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Michele Collu
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