MGT3307 - Organizational Diversity Assessment

MGT 3307

Organizational diversity assessment

Visit the websites of two companies in the Fortune 500. Spend 5 minutes on each of their websites, looking for anything regarding diversity. This can range from photos and media featuring diverse individuals, to actual statements and policies about diversity, equity, and inclusion. Some sites have links to “site maps” in the webpage footer, which lists all of the pages in the site – this may lead you to find diversity-related material. After exploring each company’s webpage, answer the following questions.

Company One   Company Two

Which company did you examine?           Which company did you examine?

Did their website have any content that was implicitly (subtly) diverse, equitable, and inclusive? This can include photos, media, etc. Please describe.       Did their website have any content that was implicitly (subtly) diverse, equitable, and inclusive? This can include photos, media, etc. Please describe.

Did their website have any content that was explicitly (directly) about diversity, equity, and inclusion? This would include statements and policies. Please describe.             Did their website have any content that was explicitly (directly) about diversity, equity, and inclusion? This would include statements and policies. Please describe.

Overall, what do you think about this company?               Overall, what do you think about this company?

Finally, please compare the two companies. What was different about their approaches towards diversity, equity, and inclusion? Which one appeared more diverse, equitable, and inclusive?

Do you prefer one over the other? Why?

MGT 3307, Diversity in Organizations

Professor Chris Zhang, Ph.D., MBA, SHRM-SCP  Marilyn Davies College of Business

University of Houston Downtown            Page 1 of 3