A group of academic experts and tech industry leaders released a report last week asking companies to commit to updating their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies. According to a news release, the report recommended several new hiring and data collection guidelines, among other policies, to address the under-representation of Black and Latino men and women in todays tech workforce.
The report was published and released through a consortium dubbed Catalyze Tech, spearheaded by policy research organizations such as the Aspen Institute, the National Center for Women and Information Technology, PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers), and Snap Inc., which worked together this past year to research how businesses can radically improve" workplace diversity and inclusion, according to the news release.
The tech industry remains dominated by white men, Vivian Schiller, executive director of the Aspen Institutes Aspen Digital initiative, said in a public statement. We are glad that so many tech companies are committing to implement recommendations made in this report and eager to support the sector on the path to true equity.
The companies pledged to develop strategies for meeting the reports recommendations, such as creating incentives for inclusive leadership and recruitment and recognizing DEI as a business imperative. Signatories of the report committed to solving an acute lack of computer science teachers from underrepresented backgrounds, as well as sharing demographic data with the Tech Equity Accountability Mechanism, a new industry research partner led by the Aspen Institute.
The group will convene its first annual DEI Innovation Summit this week, bringing industry leaders and diversity experts together to further discuss how to put the reports recommendations into action.
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Tech Companies Embrace Industry Diversity Recommendations - Government Technology
