Facebook Harassment Guide on Offer to Tech
The social media company is offering its U.S. policy as a model for its Silicon Valley neighbors. If staff retaliates against a co-worker who makes a harassment claim, one clause says that employees can be fired.
"Sharing best practices can help us all improve, especially smaller companies that may not have the resources to develop their own policies," Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said in a joint statement with the company's vice president of people Lori Goler.
Facebook posted its policy on the company's site along with its mandatory training program and documents on managing bias.
Along with other high-profile companies in entertainment and media, tech firms and the venture capitalists that fund them have been grappling with increasingly widespread sexual harassment allegations.
A recent study by First Round Capital, a venture firm, noted that half of the staff in technology companies have either been harassed in the office or know somebody who has.
"We're very vocal with our community that if there is a hint of something, we want you to come to the resources we have with our human resources team, investigations or legal team for people to weigh into this and do something about this," Maxine Williams, Facebook's global director of diversity, told Bloomberg News in an interview on Tuesday.
As of April 14, 2025, the dollar index had lost 9.25 percent of its value since the week before the January 2025 inauguration of President Trump. The world is currently in chaos, attempting to adjust to each new change by the Trump administration in the United States and other administrations globally, such as that of libertarian Argentinian President Javier Milei with his iconic chainsaw.
In last month’s article, I discussed common trends in the business argument for corporations that continued to champion diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) despite divided perspectives among the general public.
Riding on a wave of anti-DEI legislation last year that especially impacted public universities, with the onset of 2025, President Donald J. Trump has taken further action against diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in the government sector. This has led to several corporations such as Target, Walmart, and Amazon likewise rolling back their own DEI programs in an attempt to appease members of the public.
This article is a continuation of EmployDiversity’s two-part series on diversity and inclusion job fairs in the US. As changes in the US occur with further pushback in the Trump Administration against diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and attempts to dismantle DEI programs, deeply-rooted advocacy for equal opportunities remain alongside an understanding that community and social impact has a positive ripple effect.
This article highlights diversity-focused conferences and job fairs across the most populous cities in the United States.
Organizations may encounter a struggle during the fall and winter holidays as they search for inclusive celebrations that all members of an organization can appreciate. In December, in addition to religious and traditional holidays, a lesser-known day is International Human Rights Day on December 10.
As the holiday season approaches in November, many employers in the U.S. find themselves balancing traditional celebrations with the desire to embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
As of 2024, an emerging trend was highlighted in a Bloomberg News analysis of government data. This in-depth review noted that Gen Z female college graduates are persisting in the job market and taking on lower-paying or part-time roles while Gen Z male college graduates are holding out for better opportunities. This could have significant implications for future gender parity and the gender wage gap.
In a continuing series of articles that define the offerings and benefits of training options within the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) space, I have interviewed Hanif Fazal, the co-founder and managing partner of the Center for Equity and Inclusion, based out of Portland, Oregon. Hanif is also the author of the book An Other World. The Center for Equity and Inclusion (CEI) offers workshops, consulting, and online learning for organizations and educators focused on driving culture forward
A 2025 Gallup poll recently introduced a concept termed The Remote Work Paradox where fully remote workers report the highest employee engagement rates yet suffer from the lowest personal well-being among remote-capable jobholders. This insight reveals more than a contradiction as it uncovers a global design flaw in how we think about modern work.