Sentences with phrase «issues of diversity in»

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.

The United States continues, with mixed success at «colorblind» policies, to deal with issues of diversity in university enrollm...

As the ethnic and racial composition of students continues to shift, we must remember the importance that HSIs play in responding to issues of diversity in the teaching profession.

Addressing issues of diversity in the classroom can often be challenging because, as Kim noted, as a society we are conditioned from a young age to make assumptions about things by association and categorization.

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.

But if they weren't trying to shame the Academy yet again they might well have considered Cheryl Boone Isaacs for this list since she's in the media so much of late and has been trying so hard to make a difference on the issue of diversity in Tinseltown.

Porter Anderson uses Erik Anderson's discussion of diversity — or the lack thereof — in his reading as a jumping off point to explore the issue of diversity in writing.

Plus a few academics, including Fiona Kay at Queen's University, are looking into the issue of diversity in the profession but the majority of work on equity in the law has focused on women.

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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.

While Abudulai agrees it's generally women and people of colour who wind up having to bring diversity issues forward in the workplace, she's still happy to talk about them.

In the month since Google became the first major tech company to publish its demographics, owning up to diversity issues has become something of a tech trend.

In many cases, the companies issued a sort of apology in tandem with their diversity reportIn many cases, the companies issued a sort of apology in tandem with their diversity reportin tandem with their diversity reports.

I think that for us to solve these issues, with the lack of diversity and the lack of funding for women in tech we need male allies at the table.»

In the end, I guess my point really is that environmental sustainability is important all on its own, and doesn't need to be fluffed up with issues like workplace safety or leadership diversity or CEO pay; and issues like workplace safety and leadership diversity and CEO pay are too important to stuff into the simple concept of sustainability.

But for now, I'll point you to the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion, an organization comprised of some of the world's biggest companies who have made a public commitment to work together on issues of diversity and accountability in all its challenginDiversity and Inclusion, an organization comprised of some of the world's biggest companies who have made a public commitment to work together on issues of diversity and accountability in all its challengindiversity and accountability in all its challenging nuance.

While this may be the least interesting element of yesterday's news, the FBI's stunning lack of diversity remains one of the more serious issues facing the agency — and the country it serves — in the long term.

Some spoke, too, of concerns that what little progress they had seen on issues of fairness and diversity on Wall Street in recent years would be unwound in Mr. Trump's America.

Gender diversity and leadership in tech is an urgent issue to address, not merely to offer balance to a male - dominated industry, but because of the strength and impact of its ripple effect.

But the study is only the latest reminder of the ongoing diversity issues in the industry.

And what I hate is that women are always asked the question about diversity, and if you're one of the few women in the room, you feel obligated to raise it as an issue, when you would rather far often talk about the economics of something.

High profile edge cases, like the sexual harassment allegations at Uber, have the unfortunate effect of making ongoing diversity and gender equality issues seem insignificant in comparison.

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.

While the issue may seem complicated, the outcome is simple: (1) Companies who recognize the importance of diversity and promote it actively are the inevitable winners in this equation.

As of 2014, these funds represented $ 578 billion in assets, making diversity / EEO one of the top 10 environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues being considered by institutional investors.3

Weldon J. Rougeau, a long - time civil rights activist, has considered the issue of diversity from many perspectives — as director of the office of federal contract compliance programs at the U.S. Department of Labor during the Carter administration, as president of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and even as a prisoner for 78 days (58 of them in solitary confinement) in a Baton Rouge, La., jail cell when he was a student activist.

Diversity has been a hotly debated issue in Silicon Valley in recent years, with activists focusing on a dearth of minority and female engineers and executives in many of the biggest tech companies and hottest startups.

It's a welcome thing, to be sure, in a landscape that are largely dominated by men — the lack of gender and racial diversity among VCs and entrepreneurs and even on tech boards has become a hot - button issue in Silicon Valley.

While these scandals expose the harmful reality of venture capital's male - dominated culture on women entrepreneurs, they have helped highlight an equally important issue — the extreme lack of gender diversity in all aspects of venture capital.

Cockburn combines social protest and faith while confronting issues of poverty and violence in developing nations and celebrating the world's diversity.

The latest issue of Society is out and I have a review essay in it of Barry Bercier's provocative The Skies of Babylon: Diversity, Nihilism, and the American University.

In spite of the diversity in the resurrection narratives there is one important common theme which C. F. Evans draws to our attention when he says, «The one element which the traditions, in all their variety, have in common is that the appearance of the risen Lord issued in an explicit command to evangelize the world, yet the early decades of the history of the church, in so far as they are known to us, make it difficult to suppose that the apostles were aware of any such command.&raquIn spite of the diversity in the resurrection narratives there is one important common theme which C. F. Evans draws to our attention when he says, «The one element which the traditions, in all their variety, have in common is that the appearance of the risen Lord issued in an explicit command to evangelize the world, yet the early decades of the history of the church, in so far as they are known to us, make it difficult to suppose that the apostles were aware of any such command.&raquin the resurrection narratives there is one important common theme which C. F. Evans draws to our attention when he says, «The one element which the traditions, in all their variety, have in common is that the appearance of the risen Lord issued in an explicit command to evangelize the world, yet the early decades of the history of the church, in so far as they are known to us, make it difficult to suppose that the apostles were aware of any such command.&raquin all their variety, have in common is that the appearance of the risen Lord issued in an explicit command to evangelize the world, yet the early decades of the history of the church, in so far as they are known to us, make it difficult to suppose that the apostles were aware of any such command.&raquin common is that the appearance of the risen Lord issued in an explicit command to evangelize the world, yet the early decades of the history of the church, in so far as they are known to us, make it difficult to suppose that the apostles were aware of any such command.&raquin an explicit command to evangelize the world, yet the early decades of the history of the church, in so far as they are known to us, make it difficult to suppose that the apostles were aware of any such command.&raquin so far as they are known to us, make it difficult to suppose that the apostles were aware of any such command.»

The remaining four papers view Altizer in relation to a diversity of issues.

The main issues in connection with consolidation are: the accessibility and the diversity of supply on the communication market as well as the independence of information providers.

Both documents speak to the issue of legitimate interconfessional diversity in theological expressions of doctrine that may be, in Unitatis Redintegratio's words, «considered often as mutually complementary rather than conflicting.»

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.

(21) They must be hospitable to the whole family of God, enabling the family members in their diversity to address with integrity the whole range of issues that divide us, issues of Christology and ecclesiology, issues of culture, race, and gender, issues of social justice and the integrity of creation.

Topics are focused on the unique issues and opportunities facing women working in the alcohol beverage industry, including why gender diversity is good for business, mentoring to empower the next generation of leaders, understanding unconscious bias, thriving in the male - dominated alcohol beverage industry, and others.

On and on, in all the different ways we define «home,» this issue explores that diversity of home, how we can nourish ourselves through tending the hearth, and what it all means to us, personally and globally.

Zoe has been Chair of Lactation Consultants of Great Britain (LCGB) since 2015, representing the organisation nationally and internationally with a keen interest in equality and diversity issues.

After concerted campaigning by EMLD, supported by SLF, within the party for acceptance of the report's recommendations, our representatives in government have already begun implementation in some areas: Nick Clegg personally intervened recently to add a raft of diversity issues to Michael Gove's National Curriculum.

The issue of racial diversity in the leadership of CB3 became a hot topic during this past Tuesday night's full board meeting.

While several new faces in city government will help increase racial diversity, McLaughlin said that doesn't mean issues for people of color will be focused topics.

Councilmember Rodriguez touched on the issues of education, affordable housing, economic development and quality of life, and his address was preceded by a series of performances that represented the diversity of his constituency in music and song.

Today, she shared a number of concrete proposals to better tackle the issue of increasing opportunities for MWBEs — an area where she has been critical of de Blasio — and more generally aimed at increasing diversity throughout the city, including setting up a public - private partnership and a point person who would be responsible for increasing opportunities in the private sector.

The public advocate continued by offering up plenty of her own policy ideas on how to address the city's diversity issues, in what sounded a bit like a preview of a Letitia James mayoralty might look like.

«And what I have been hearing and what I have been seeing, even more disturbing than the policy issues, is the lack of diversity in that potential coalition.

In announcing his choice, the governor hinted at these issues when he lauded Stein for having worked to «advance the cause of women and diversity within the legal profession.»

This is not an attack on Council member Johnson, but rather the larger issue of a city that is supposedly dedicated to true diversity in leadership, yet has none.»

The councilman vowed to focus on issues such as homelessness, the city's struggling subway system, affordable housing, education, lack of diversity in state government and corruption in Albany.

Because of my previous interest in addressing diversity issues, I was asked to assist with the newly formed Affirmative Action (AA) programme by someone in the top management group.