Overview
The Oiselle case mentions that some companies “successfully delivered the ‘D’ in D&I, that is ‘hitting the numbers.’ The quantitative progress on diversity, in other words, has overshadowed the qualitative progress on inclusion.” This leads to the question, how should a company measure DEI progress?
For this Assignment, you will assess how companies can measure their DEI performance and identify specific metrics to track progress in fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion. You will provide recommendations for improving the company’s approach to measuring DEI performance and suggest additional metrics that could provide a more comprehensive understanding of its progress in advancing DEI.
Required readings:
- Byriel, P. (2024, April 2). How to measure DEI success? - 6 key metrics with KPIsLinks to an external site.. Develop Diverse. https://developdiverse.com/blog/measuring-dei
- Jourdan, L. (2023, May 4). 7 metrics to measure your organization’s DEI progress. Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org
- Xie, J., & Weidner, M. (2021, July 14). Oiselle: How does an activist brand authentically commit to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion? Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org
To prepare for this Assignment
- Select a global company, either Oiselle (from the case study) or another organization of your choice, and ensure that you will be able to evaluate its current approach to measuring and tracking DEI performance.
- Locate specific metrics that the company could use to measure its progress in fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion. Consider metrics related to representation, employee satisfaction, pay equity, supplier diversity, and community engagement.
- Consider the strengths and limitations of the identified metrics and how they align with the company’s DEI goals and values.
- Consider the business case for DEI metrics and DEI initiatives in general in terms of mitigating risks and maintaining business continuity for an organization.
- Reminder: If you began using the Case Study Analysis Template in this week’s Discussion to make notes about the case, you can return to it (or begin completing it) for this Assignment.
Submit a 2- to 4-page paper in which you provide an analysis as follows:
- Briefly describe the company you selected for this Assignment.
- Identify the metrics used to measure its progress in fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion. Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of those metrics.
- Explain how employee representation, employee satisfaction, pay equity, supplier diversity, and community engagement are being assessed by the metrics.
- Propose 1–2 recommendations for improving the company’s approach to measuring DEI performance and suggest additional metrics that could provide a more comprehensive understanding of its progress in advancing DEI.
- Analyze the impact of DEI initiatives and the metrics used to measure them on mitigating risks and maintaining business continuity for an organization.
Refer to the Week 8 Assignment Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this rubric to assess and grade your Assignment. Please Note: For each page of your paper, you must include APA-formatted, peer-reviewed, scholarly citations.