We were surprised at Francis Ingham’s comments on diversity in the industry, delivered in his keynote to the MIPAA today. While we agree with him that a primary objective must be to recruit the best talent, we disagree that practice within the profession is as blind to social status and cultural background as he suggests. Qualitative [...]

For several years, in the United States, Diversity Inc and Black Enterprise Magazines have published their Top 50 and Top 40 (respectively) Companies for Diversity league tables. http://www.diversityinc.com/pages/DI_50.shtml?id=7617 and http://www.blackenterprise.com/diversity/diversity-list-2009-companies/ . The criteria are high and the process is stringent – judging companies on areas such as CEO Commitment, Employee Base, Senior Executives/Board Members, Advertising/Marketing [...]