Diversity in Engineering Managing the Workforce of the Future (2002) / Chapter Skim
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These organizations were listed in the Fortune top 50 companies for minorities or Working Woman's best companies for women, have been recognized by Catalyst or the Women in Engineering Programs and Advocates Network for their diversity programs, are represented on the board of directors of the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, or were recommended by a member of the committee. The committee collected available information about the diversity management practices used by these companies as benchmarks for the workshop participants.
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After lunch a second panel, made up of representatives of minority engineering societies, presented employees' perspectives on corporate management of diversity. Leading spokespersons for the National Society of Black Engineers, the Society of Women Engineers, the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, and the American Indian Science and Engineering Society provided a variety of views on the impact of corporate diversity programs and the roles of associations in recruiting, retaining, and advancing employees with diverse backgrounds.
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As a member of Ford's Executive Council on Diversity and Worklife and executive sponsor of the Ford Hispanic Network Group, Mr. Padilla has led the company's efforts to increase diversity awareness in Ford's manufacturing plants and has participated in outreach efforts to the Hispanic and African-American communities in Detroit.
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Finally, engineers with different ethnic, gender, and cultural backgrounds bring a variety of life experiences to the workplace that, if wisely managed, can encourage creative approaches to problem solving and design. KEY COMPONENTS OF SUCCESSFUL CORPORATE DIVERSITY PROGRAMS Speakers and participants at the workshop discussed many aspects of successful corporate diversity programs.
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Individuals responsible for implementing diversity programs must be held accountable for results. In the business world, this means linking results and compensation.
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Introduction CORDELL REED Chair NAE Committee on Diversity in the Engineering Workforce I'd like to give you some background on why we decided to hold this workshop and what we want to achieve. First and foremost, because of the leadership of Bill Wulf, the president of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
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INTRODUCTION 7 will describe their experiences and back up their claims with data. We'll take a close look at metrics for determining progress and lessons learned.
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