Race in the PR Classroom Rebrands for 2023 Jan. 12, 2023 — Gainesville, Fla. – This year Institute for Public Relations (IPR), in partnership with the Public Relations Society of America’s Educators’ Academy (PRSA EA), is rebranding the virtual discussion series, Race in the PR Classroom (RPRC), to Diversity in the PR Classroom (DPRC). Rebranding … Continue reading Race in the PR Classroom Rebrands for 2023
This summary is provided by the IPR Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. LeanIn and McKinsey & Company explored the current state of gender diversity in the workplace. A survey of over 40,000 employees was conducted in 2022 along with a series of interviews with women of diverse identities, including women of color, LGBTQ+ women, … Continue reading Women in the Workplace 2022
This summary is provided by the IPR Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion based on the original study in the Social Science Research Network. Dr. Jung Ho Choi and colleagues examined how the diversity of a company’s workforce affects jobseekers’ decisions. An experiment of 178,862 different jobseekers was conducted using an online job listings platform from … Continue reading Do Jobseekers Value Diversity Information? A Mixed Methods Investigation
This blog is based on the original journal article in the Public Relations Journal. There is a saying that asserts this: “You can’t manage what you don’t measure.” The message here is that you cannot really know whether you are successful in your efforts – whatever they may be – unless success is defined, tracked, and measured. The … Continue reading A Data – Driven Approach to Improving Diversity & Inclusion : Examining PRSA’s Efforts to Measure Perception
This summary is provided by the IPR Organizational Communication Research Center. Summary In increasingly heterogeneous and diverse societies, diversity, inclusion, and equity have become central issues for organizations. Researchers have suggested that an inclusive workplace positively impacts outcomes such as trust, commitment, job satisfaction, perceived procedural and distributive justice, and employee well-being. What has been … Continue reading Talking Inclusion Into Being: How Communication Can Make or Break an Inclusive Work Environment
There is rapidly growing awareness across industries that leaders need to take diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) seriously and actively support initiatives that can root out systemic bias and discrimination within organizations. In fact, there is plenty of research suggesting DEI in any industry cannot succeed without leadership support, and support includes communication choices. How … Continue reading The Way PR Leaders Communicate about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Matters
This summary is provided by the IPR Digital Media Research Center. SummaryAs social movement organizations continue to leverage social media platforms to reach salient publics, understanding the role of hashtags has become a prominent area of activism research. Social movement organizations use hashtags to co-create meaning surrounding various social justice issues by connecting people across … Continue reading Hashtag Activism: Lessons from the #MeToo Movement
This blog is provided by the IPR Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and was originally published by PRWeek. One year after George Floyd’s murder and on the eve of Juneteenth, both moments reflecting the brutality of racism and systemic inequity, we must challenge ourselves. Long before this turning point in our country’s history, we … Continue reading Having Urged Everyone Off the Sidelines, It’s Time We Heed Our Own Advice
This blog is provided by the IPR Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion “I think sometimes there’s a frustration for women of color… because you feel you are not seen, you are not heard, you can’t speak into issues. You are always just informed of decisions and things that are made without any real thought … Continue reading Building a Culture of Inclusion: Women of Color and Diversity Management in Public Relations
This blog is provided by the IPR Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. It accompanies a podcast series called “The Future of PR Looks Like Us” exploring the diverse voices that have shaped the industry and featuring work done by PR students from Centennial College. This campaign was created in partnership with the Canadian Council of Public Relations … Continue reading The Future of PR Looks Like Us campaign
I am writing this during a week marked by two starkly contrasting moments: a night of shocking violence against Asian Americans in Atlanta and the United Nations’ International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (March 21). Once again, we are painfully reminded that we all must band together and stand against any form of hate, discrimination … Continue reading What It Truly Means to Create a Culture of Belonging
This blog is provided by the IPR Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion In a recent post on this blog, I argued that there is a business and societal imperative to integrate disability inclusion into environment, social, and governance (ESG) frameworks. These frameworks are increasingly used by the private sector and investors to assess the … Continue reading Achieving Competitive, Integrated Employment for People with Disabilities