The Business of Diversity
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Diversity is America’s strength, spurring the innovation and creativity that have made the U.S. economy the most vibrant and dynamic in history. When businesses recognize and embrace different perspectives, they are better able to create value, serve customers, support employees, and solve problems. By providing opportunities for everyone, businesses help lift communities and strengthen the health, prosperity, and competitiveness of our nation and our society.
Profile
Lillian Werbin, whose Elderly Instruments won America’s Top Small Business 2023, reflects on the path to success and giving back.
As Senior Corporate Counsel for Microsoft, Barbara Leen shares her unique insight into immigration policy solutions to improve America's complex immigration system.
Feature story
In recognition of Military Spouse Appreciation Month, we had a conversation with Lacey Raymond, Principal in Deloitte Consulting LLP’s Government & Public Services (GPS) practice, and co-chair of the U.S. Chamber Foundation's Hiring our Heroes' Military Spouse Employment Advisory Council.
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Our Work
We believe a diverse workforce is a business imperative. Guided by data and informed by conversations with business, government, academic, and civic leaders, the U.S. Chamber’s Equality of Opportunity Initiative (EOI) advances public and private sector solutions to help close opportunity gaps. Focusing on employment, entrepreneurship, education, and criminal justice, the EOI agenda aims to help all people go as far and as high as their talent and hard work will take them.
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Latest Content
The purpose of this report is to highlight the business case for racial equity — stressing the importance of racial equity as both an imperative for social justice and a strategy for economic growth.
This Coalition letter on Executive Order 13950, "Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping," was sent to the President of the United States and to the Secretary of Labor.
"Diversity drives innovation, not the other way around," said U.S. Chamber President Suzanne Clark at the Global Innovation Policy Center's Equality of Opportunity in the Innovation Economy event on October 1.
Kenny Thompson, Head of External Affairs, North America at PepsiCo, explains how the company leaned on partnerships during COVID-19.
CLE Clothing Company uses T-Shirts sales to help feed Cleveland families in need during the COVID-19 pendemic.
This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, supporting S. 209, the “Practical Reforms and Other Goals To Reinforce the Effectiveness of Self-Governance and Self-Determination (PROGRESS) for Indian Tribes Act."
This Hill letter on broadband connectivity and the homework gap was sent to the Members of the United States Congress.
This Hill letter was sent to the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, on S. 3441, the “Fair Hiring in Banking Act.”
On the Chamber's work on diversity and inequality of opportunity: 'The U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently endorsed — and thus will score members of Congress on — a package of bipartisan bills that propose tangible solutions to start addressing injustices...and effort to advance business solutions and policy recommendations to bridge opportunity gaps'.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Chamber of Commerce CEO Tom Donohue joined the heads of four leading Black business associations in calling on our nation's leaders to take action in closing the opportunity gaps for Black Americans.