Document Type
Report
Abstract
In response to the racial unrest and increased focus on social justice, organizations increased their emphasis on diversity issues in 2020. To understand one way in which organizations responded to this focus, we explored how the Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer (CDO) role changed and the background characteristics of those in the role. The results indicate that the role increased in both internal and external visibility during this time, and that a large percentage of companies elevated the talent in the role. A majority of respondents indicated that the CDO role has become more influential and visible. In addition, about one-third of respondents indicated that they had upgraded the talent in the role, divided almost equally between internal promotions and external hires. Almost 3/4s of CDOs report to the CHRO. The vast majority of those in the role have at least 3 years experience in diversity related roles, and a majority have at least 3 years experience in HR. Given what appeared to be significant changes in the role of the Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer (or Chief Diversity Officer; CDO) and the characteristics of the people who occupy the position, the 2021 HR@Moore Survey of Chief Human Resource Officers (CHROs) sought to explore these changes. We surveyed approximately 375 CHROs and 151 of them completed the survey for a 40% response rate.
Publication Date
2021
Disciplines
Business
Copyright
© 2021, University of South Carolina
Publication Info
2021.