Exploring the Diversity and Inclusion-Business Ethics Interface

Abstract

Different socio-cultural groups may engage with and respond to diversity and inclusion initiatives in different ways. As a result, diversity and inclusion initiatives may actually perpetuate continued inequalities, regardless of the intentions of an organization, raising important question about what diversity and inclusion initiatives should look like. This highlights the critical – but all too often unclear or under recognized – connection between the fields of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and business ethics research. In this presenter symposium, we explore the DEI-business ethics interface via five current projects that clarify this research interface and clarify how different socio-cultural groups of employees engage with or respond to diversity and inclusion initiatives. Diversity and Ethical Outcomes: A Review and Road Map for Future Research Presenter: Sun Young Kim; IESEG School of Management Presenter: Danielle E. Warren; Rutgers U. Presenter: Chao Chen; Rutgers U. Presenter: Katherine Phillips; Columbia Business School Impacting Perceptions of Fit Using LGBT Diversity Signals Presenter: Cody Bradley; U. of Arkansas Presenter: Kristie Joy Neff Moergen; U. of Arkansas, Fayetteville Presenter: Dorothea Roumpi; Pennsylvania State U. Presenter: Lauren Simon; U. of Arkansas Pronoun Disclosure Policies: Promoting Diversity Climate or Causing Moral Outrage? Presenter: Lauren E. Aydinliyim; City U. of New York, Baruch College Presenter: Dorothea Roumpi; Pennsylvania State U. Presenter: Danielle E. Warren; Rutgers U. CEO Gender, Institutional Pressures, and Controversial Diversity Policy Adoption Presenter: Zhaoyi Yan; IE Business School, IE U. Ethical and Tangible: The Dual Benefits of Organizational Racial Diversity Presenter: Sun Young Kim; IESEG School of Management Presenter: Denise Lewin Loyd; U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Presenter: Michelle Checketts; U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign