Once upon a time, Corporate America was a homogeneous culture — white, male, local, and Christian. Today, we consider America a melting pot of ethnic and cultural backgrounds. There’s also the development of outsourcing and technologies that allow us to work across nations. Globalization and diversity has many positive effects on business, allowing more voices to be heard and more skills utilized.
While the One Percent Movement highlights the heartless corporation, CSR and sustainability are a counter trend that may be providing what religion in the workplace used to. It provides a movement that everyone can rally around and believe in, without dictating behavior, alienating outsiders, or creating a threat of divine punishment.
Read more here in the latest GreenBiz Talent Show post.
Starting in 2010, Ellen Weinreb created a column on GreenBiz called “Talent Show.” The goal of this column is to share industry trends and best practices in the collaboration between sustainability and HR. This article was originally posted on GreenBiz Talent Show.