How Can GCs Advance Diversity?
While many companies have made diversity a corporatewide priority, general counsels can do much to promote inclusion within their own departments. “Typically, managers have their individual diversity goals, and it’s helpful if the overall corporation has the same goals,” Shell’s Lamboley says. Clorox, for example, made increased diversity in hiring part of its companywide 2008 strategy. The legal department followed suit, says Clorox General Counsel Laura Stein. “It is important for general counsel to seek to have a diverse in-house legal leadership team and department and a culture of inclusionthe tone at the top about the importance of diversity matters.” Conversely, some general counsels have implemented policies that spread throughout the company. Tom Mars, former general counsel for Wal-Mart, led the way in integrating diversity and inclusion into the goals of Wal-Mart’s legal department. “Tom’s commitment to diversity demonstrated to other corporate executives at Wal-Mart that we
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