White Paper on Extent of Bias in U.S. Companies

Darold Luze for

Employment Diversity Solutions

 

 

Appearance of “Widespread Intentional” Bias Found in Study of Over 200,000 Companies

 

A study by Rutgers University law professor and veteran EEO specialist Alfred W. Blumrosen shows the “clear appearance of widespread intentional discrimination against minorities and women by thousands of establishments.

 

The Ford Foundation-funded study examined data on more than 200,000 businesses in metropolitan areas across the United States.  For more than thirty years, the federal government has collected, EEO-1 reports, annual “snapshots” of the race, sex, and ethnic composition of all but smaller employers.  These reports reflect the improvement in the employment opportunities of minorities/women during the past three decades.  Establishments that did not participate in this improvement now literally stand out like sore thumbs when compared to similarly situated employers. (continued...) Widespread

 

Transformative Mediation
A Best Fit for the Workplace
by Larry J. Blackwell, Esq.

Alternative dispute resolution is being used with increasing frequency in every aspect of life be it legal disputes, family quarrels, neighbor differences, business conflicts or differences between employees on the job.

 

One form of mediation that has been particularly useful in addressing employment disputes is "transformative" mediation. Transformative mediation is a process whereby people who have a need for an ongoing interdependent relationship explore their differences at an almost therapeutic level to get their relationship back on track.