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AAPI Leaders in Corporate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

 

 

Sen. Dr. Richard Pan, John Iino, Grace Moss, Jennifer “Jae” Pi’ilani Requiro

 

As California and America become more diverse, corporate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives are facing greater public scrutiny. DEI efforts are increasing in importance for recruiting and retaining employees and improving the bottom line. However, AAPIs are often not prioritized or even included in DEI efforts. Research by Bain & Company on belonging and inclusion found that Asians felt the least included of anyone, even though AAPIs were more represented than other groups in many environments. Two-thirds of Asians feel businesses have ignored racism against their community and over half say racism has damaged their relationship with their employer and say little has been practically done to address systemic racism.

 

Due to workforce representation, Asian women are often excluded from DEI initiatives, but a Center for Worklife Law report on women of color in tech found that the experiences of Asian women in tech more closely parallel other underrepresented women of color. In medicine, when DEI committees are formed, AAPI have been made to feel that their need for DEI is unsubstantiated, citing "over-representation" among physicians. In this session we welcome AAPI leaders who serve in corporate DEI roles to share their experiences and ideas on the inclusion of AAPI in DEI initiatives. How did they achieve their DEI leadership roles in their organization and what barriers did they face? And as DEI leads, what are the barriers to inclusion and prioritization of AAPI issues in corporate DEI initiatives? And what should AAPI do collectively to increase inclusion and advancement of AAPIs in the workplace.

 

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