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2 months ago | 
forbes.com | Doug Melville
As the American with Disabilities Act (ADA), celebrates 35 years, there is a troubling loophole. Is this really the best time to cut DEI programs & practitioners?
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Doug Melville
Sometimes, you don't know what you’ve got until it's gone. Fourth quarter earnings season is again upon us. Perhaps more this year than any other board of directors across sectors are being asked to weigh in and vote, either for or against, corporate DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) efforts. Six months ago, the conversation around corporate DEI began to heat up, as conservative groups and activists began gaining both traction and visibility. Their mission?
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
forbes.com | Doug Melville
Sometimes, you don't know what you’ve got until it's gone. Fourth quarter earnings season is again upon us. Perhaps more this year than any other board of directors across sectors are being asked to weigh in and vote, either for or against, corporate DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) efforts. Six months ago, the conversation around corporate DEI began to heat up, as conservative groups and activists began gaining both traction and visibility. Their mission?
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
forbes.com | Doug Melville
Have Starbucks and their DEI efforts hit the seven-year itch? This week, the coffee giant announced to its stores that the company would be updating its Coffeehouse Code of Conduct across all North American locations. The biggest change? People are no longer invited to hang out, sit around or enter their cafés to access the restrooms without making a purchase—a stark reversal from the “open door” policy implemented in 2018.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
forbes.com | Doug Melville
“What’s in a name?” was famously spoken by Juliet in Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. “That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”With this idea in mind, today we got a glimpse into what the name “DEI” (diversity, equity and inclusion) means today—and what new name it may go by tomorrow.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
forbes.com | Doug Melville
As the shock of the Los Angeles fires and their effect on so many communities, businesses and families is still being digested, lots of attention is being turned to those who are on the front lines fighting the flames. Many people might not be aware that one particular group has long been depended on to battle wildfires: inmates. While the 13th Amendment ended slavery in the United States, a loophole allows people convicted of crimes to be forced to work for public or private enterprises.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
forbes.com | Doug Melville
As the shock of the Los Angeles fires and their effect on so many communities, businesses and families is still being digested, lots of attention is being turned to those who are on the front lines fighting the flames. Many people might not be aware that one particular group has long been depended on to battle wildfires: inmates. While the 13th Amendment ended slavery in the United States, a loophole allows people convicted of crimes to be forced to work for public or private enterprises.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
forbes.com | Doug Melville
New York City’s roads are quickly becoming pathways of the haves versus the have-nots. As the ball dropped on Times Square to ring in the new year, it brought along a new change to the streets of NYC: a toll. Specifically, it’s called “congestion pricing,” and once your car, truck or motorcycle goes south of 61st Street toward Midtown, you will be paying for that privilege. Is this policy equitable? No. Is it profitable?
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
forbes.com | Doug Melville
In the 155 years since the first intercollegiate football game was played in 1869, between Rutgers University and what’s now Princeton University, a Black head coach has never competed for the National Championship. That all changes in 2025. Either Notre Dame University, who won the Sugar Bowl, or Penn State, their Orange Bowl opponent, will play in the 2025 National Championship game on January 20 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
forbes.com | Doug Melville
Call me a contrarian, but something seems a bit “Filet-O-Fishy” about the one-sided press coverage regarding the recent DEI “rollback” at McDonald’s. The world’s biggest restaurant chain, which feeds sixty-eight million customers a day, posted an update to the corporate diversity, equity and Inclusion (DEI) goals and ambitions on the company website.
