Diversity
Paypal has just released their latest diversity report. While they managed to improve the number of women on the senior management level, they had no to minimal improvements in regard to minority numbers and even a slight decrease in the number of women overall.
Gender
The 2017 Women in the Workplace report, a study by LeanIn.Org and McKinsey, was released this week. The findings show that there is slow to no progress in regard to career-advancement and equality for women, and for women of colour it is even worse. The report also shows that almost half the men surveyed think that it is sufficient if one out of ten senior leaders is female and 15% of men think that gender diversity programs will have a negative impact on their own career. Read more here.
Racism
The skin care brand Dove was accused of racism this week after they had posted an image on Facebook, showing a black woman removing her t-shirt to reveal a white woman underneath. This caused a lot of outrage on social media and while the original advert for a body wash showed various races, it was not visible in the Facebook post. Dove has apologized in the meantime and pulled the ad from their platforms.
Gender
State Street, the company that installed the Fearless Girl statue on Wall Street, was in the news this week for discriminating against their senior female employees as well as black vice presidents. The company has now agreed to pay USD 5 Million to over 300 female employees who were paid less than their male peers.
Diversity and Inclusion 