Sentences with phrase «also issues of diversity»

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While the leaky pipeline is a persistent challenge, tech leaders have a responsibility to not only recognize the importance of diversity in their workforce but also to champion the issue internally.

The Kapors, who invested early in Uber, are known in Silicon Valley for both their investing prowess but also their passion and engagement around issues of diversity in the tech industry.

The survey also uncovered broad disagreement over the proper role of shareholders, industry groups and regulators when it comes to improving corporate reporting and driving change on issues such as gender diversity among directors.

Such recommendations must also include a statement from the recommending stockholder in support of the candidate, particularly within the context of the criteria for Board membership, including issues of character, integrity, judgment, diversity, age, independence, skills, education, expertise, business acumen, business experience, length of service, understanding of the Company's business, other commitments and the like, as well as any personal references and an indication of the candidate's willingness to serve.

That includes releasing a diversity report and also creating more clear ways staff can lodge complaints about a range of issues.

The diversity of individual pursuits also calls into question the issue that opened the conversation: What is the churches» financial responsibility to provide seminary training for its leaders?

We know that television informs us, a genuine window on the world, but also that its commercial demand for profit severely limits the amount of diversity of opinion that is aired, that it tends to trivialize issues and to represent the views of the rich, so that through TV the average citizen simply can not get the information needed to make intelligent decisions about living in our democracy.

He is also a thought leader on human resources in the computer industry, with a focus on discrimination and diversity issues (including race - and age - based discrimination) and the use of foreign labor in the U.S. computer industry.

In many cases they also raise awareness of diversity issues on campus and help with the recruitment and retention of minority students and faculty.

Research shows that hiring diversity managers and launching diversity task forces also increase the effectiveness of other programs, such as employee network groups that help people from underrepresented groups to feel less isolated and diversity councils that address specific issues, such as the retention and development of employees from underrepresented groups.

The OSTP memo also comes as the United Nations is considering the adequacy of local, national and international instruments to regulate synthetic biology and whether they provide a comprehensive framework to address issues like biological diversity.

Superhero diversity has been an ongoing issue for television and film in terms of not only gender, but also race and sexual orientation.

For the second year in a row, the media is rightfully outraged by #OscarsSoWhite but it also marks the third year in a row that a Mexican - helmed film dominates the Oscar conversation, an issue that barely merits a mention within a discussion that remains — for better and for worse — locked into seeing this in terms of black and white, sometimes at the expense of more nuanced visions of diversity.

She is also an impassioned voice for equity and diversity — she helped grow the idea of a common reading of Claude Steele's Whistling Vivaldi last summer into a rich, year - long conversation on these issues.

The Roundtable also provides skills - based training in areas such as inclusion or social - emotional learning, and a forum for discussion around larger issues of diversity or education reform that will shape our work moving forward.

Dr. Leider also collaborates with a group of teacher educators on addressing issues of equity and diversity in ESL and SEI Teacher Education.

While they learn to identify issues in education for a variety of students, student partners can also improve their communication skills and their appreciation for diversity in action.

A second big idea in this issue — and also one with new research behind it — is the value of socioeconomic diversity in schools (pp. 10, 38, 50).

We also offer special initiatives to address top issues of the times, such as our current focus on school safety and preserving the sanctity of the classroom, and programming to assist members in advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion, such as the AACTE Holmes Program and the networked improvement community investigating effective strategies to recruit and retain Black, Hispanic, and Latino men in the teaching profession.

Teacher diversity also remains an issue; currently 82 percent of the teaching force is white.

On the heels of this news, the publishing industry has taken a keen eye to this issue, not only in understanding why but also in considering how to improve the diversity of publishing professionals.

The purpose of the series is not only to examine these issues, but also to highlight the positive aspects of diversity that directly correlate with each topic.

Artists in the exhibition not only explore the diversity in modes of representation, but also the vastness of issues and topics that have risen in the larger social / historical conversation.

Since its opening in March, the exhibition has been widely heralded for its «political charge» (see for example reviews by Peter Schjeldahl in The New Yorker and Jerry Saltz in New York Magazine), for its impressive diversity of artists included (though I wish this still was not so rare as to be newsworthy), and the controversies surrounding Jordan Wolfson's ultra-graphic Real violence (2017) and of course the Dana Schutz's painting of Emmett Till, Open Casket (2016), which not only raised highly problematic issues around race and its representation in contemporary American art, censorship, and quite interestingly to me at least, the role of abstraction, also had the unfortunate side effect of overshadowing so many stronger inclusions in this year's iteration.

The conference participants, which included a significant percentage of the country's architectural and urban planning heavyweights, also discussed issues such as transportation infrastructure in dense urban fabrics, population diversity in neighborhoods, open spaces and public buildings in cities, and the connection between high densities and tall buildings.

This issue also presents a tip for extending the benefits of summer mentoring programs, three interesting developments in the area of diversity, four recently published studies that offer significant insights into lawyers» career satisfaction, and some of my upcoming speaking engagements.

The curriculum also has mandatory classes on social innovation and the law, Indigenous law, legal innovation, the business of law, and issues of diversity in the legal profession.

Issues such as diversity, attorney - client privilege, conflicts of interest, and access to justice will also be examined, as will joint professional development offerings.

She also spoke of research that showed that human IQ has increased and that the distribution of the increase in IQ is focused in urban areas where people have been required to navigate diversity issues.

In the meantime, other issues diversity initiatives address should be considered seriously and attention must also be paid to ensuring work environments are welcoming to and accepting of minorities already under their employ.

Outside the legal realm she is also Microsoft Ireland's cultural diversity lead and a regular guest lecturer and speaker on a variety of issues, emphasising the impact she has on both the company and a wider in - house legal community.

Dinsmore is on the front line of this issue with leadership that includes Diversity Committee Chairman Marty Dunn, also recognized in Savoy Magazine's Most Influential Black Lawyers list.

[20] As we recognized in our 630 CHED radio interview with @RyanJesperson, cultural heritage and ethnolinguistic diversity in law school and the practice of law is also an issue in our society.

Also considered are such areas as legislation, ethical issues and concerns, geographical and organizational diversity, as well as the range of interventions — for example, informal to formal; private sector, public sector; primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention — from least to most restrictive alternatives.

Assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of addictions with diversity and advocacy issues also being explored.

A comprehensive parenting plan also considers the diversity and significance of various parenting issues.

Our location in the Bronx makes us an excellent match for interns who are interested in building their competence in the assessment and treatment in the full range of psychiatric disorders, while also addressing issues of culture and diversity in a largely underprivileged and underserved patient population.