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Oct. 1, 2025
| This week’s diversity and inclusion news and insights for HR leaders
NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
If caring about diversity, equity and inclusion these days makes you feel like you’re alone on an island, take heart.
Ninety-six percent of HR practitioners surveyed said they believe that increasing diversity at work leads to a more productive company, according to 2025 survey results from HRCI — even despite concerns they voiced about how the political climate will affect their DEI efforts.
As many HR professionals and business leaders try to make sense of how to proceed in this new era of compliance, HR Dive shares some words of encouragement and measured advice on this topic from Amy Dufrane, CEO of HRCI.
Even if company stakeholders are challenging the “DEI” acronym, employers can keep the spirit of equity and inclusion alive by focusing on “fairness” and “opportunity,” Amy Dufrane told HR Dive.
