Beyond Symbolic Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Creating a Culture of Enduring Organizational Social Impact

William J. Rothwell, Jamie Campbell, Phillip L. Ealy

• Publisher: Productivity Press
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN: 9781032575087
• eBook ISBN: 9781040028377
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Management
• Index: Business

This book extends strategic diversity work beyond internal organization efforts toward social engagement and accountability and supports organizations to ground social impact across both business and employee interests, the first of which is ethics, covered in the initial chapter. Organizations around the world are committed to increasing the racial diversity of their employees. Simultaneously, there is also greater interest in creating more welcoming and psychologically safe environments for people of color within organizations.

As the workforce demographics shift because of these initiatives, the interests and needs of the employee population have also shifted. This shift presents a challenge for organizations to move beyond symbolic diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) work, of which increasing racial representation is chief, to helping organizations understand how to determine which issues to support of concern, value, and importance to their employees and society.

Essentially, this book, a venture into the field called transorganization development, also moves beyond the traditional view of corporate social responsibility to take the position that businesses have a responsibility to make the world a better place by taking proactive stances on the many challenges facing the world today, including DE&I and accessibility. Many employees today expect their employers to take positions that will lead to making the world a better place.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half-Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication Page
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• About the Editors and Contributors
• Advance Organizer
• 1 The Background: Facilitating Social and Organizational Change
• 2 Step 1: Managing the Ethics of Social Change
• 3 Step 2: Assessing Your Organization’s Social Change Profile
• 4 Step 3: Examining the Social Context of the Organization
• 5 Step 4: Engaging Employees as Agents of Social Change
• 6 Step 5: Building the Steps Toward Social Change
• 7 “Marketing” the Organization as a Social Change Agent
• 8 Step 7: Facilitating the Development of an Organizational Strategic Plan
• 9 Step 8: Implementing a Social Change Plan: Strategies for Broadening Access and Developing Collective Consciousness
• 10 Step 9: Managing Opposition Inside and Outside the Organization
• 11 Step 10: Showcasing Your Organization’s Talent: Beyond Organizational Borders
• 12 Step 11: Communicating Your Organization’s Social Change Efforts
• 13 Reflecting on the Future Role of Business Social Activism
• Appendix A: Selected Social Impact and Social Change Resources
• Appendix B: Frequently Asked Questions
• Index