Marginalized groups

After the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, companies around the world built and refined models of working in both fully remote and hybrid...

Third Place Winner; 2022 DEI Global Case Writing Competition. Ashima Patel, senior vice president and chief diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) officer...

In 2020, the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)'s CEO, Matt Petersen, announced a first-of-its-kind equity earnback program, by which incubated companies...

Honorable Mention; DEI Global Case Writing Competition. COVID-19 had been one of the deadliest pandemics ever seen, causing nearly two million deaths...

Second Place Winner; 2022 DEI Global Case Writing Competition. This case features a high-performing employee, Fatima Hassan, with an invisible disability...

This case profiles the evolution of Sodexo's diversity initiative. Diversity became a key priority for Sodexo, North America in 2001 after a class-action...

Samasource sought to use work, not aid, for economic development. The company secured contracts for digital services from large companies in the United...

Promigas, founded in 1974, is one of the pioneering companies in the natural gas sector in Latin America. Its role has been fundamental in the process...

Women entrepreneurs (WEs) operate at all levels of society in Morocco. But, what it is really like to be a self-employed woman in this emerging economy?...

This public-sourced case is based on a series of decisions Microsoft and other US-based technology companies made between 2021 and 2022 related to hybrid...

Ros Atkins launched the 50:50 Project on a BBC news program he anchored, deciding with his team to start tracking the gender of the contributors and experts...

Four minority employees at Inland Steel encourage their company to initiate more aggressive affirmative action and diversity efforts. The "gang of four,"...

Environmental racism describes the unequal burden of environmental hazards placed on disadvantaged communities through systems, policies, and practices....

Honorable Mention; 2022 DEI Global Case Writing Competition. It is March 2022, and Imani Furaha, founder and CEO of Dynamo Relations, is at a key point...

When Jack Sim turned 40, it was the height of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, which had decimated half his wealth. The Singaporean entrepreneur found...

Arbusta was a social enterprise in the ICT sector, recognized for both the quality of its services and for employing disadvantaged youth. It had more...

SoLa Impact upended the traditional affordable housing industry by delivering high-quality housing to low-income tenants and double-digit financial returns...

In Differences at Work: Martin (A) HBS Case No. 9-408-019 is set in Italy. Martin, a gay man who has not disclosed his sexual orientation at his Italian...

First Place Winner; DEI Global Case Writing Competition. With Johnnie Cochran Jr. and John Wooten, civil rights attorney Cyrus Mehri formed the Fritz...

Traditional criteria leave too many qualified leaders behind.

The Chobani CEO and founder talks about the biggest challenges along the way. "I never thought about quitting," he says.

New research shows that little gestures can make a big difference.

Stop using it as a blanket term for all non-white people.

Use your influence to amplify, boost, connect, and defend your colleagues.

Teaching note for case SKE193

The former chairman and CEO of PepsiCo has ideas for how the corporate world needs to evolve.

Today's dominant group needs help embracing tomorrow's reality.

After the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, companies around the world built and refined models of working in both fully remote and hybrid...

Your “differences” are your superpowers.