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Disparity and inequality ramps up need for chief diversity officers
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    Three percent.

    That’s the distressingly low number of Black Americans who say they are eager to return to full-time office work versus 21% of white workers overall as the pandemic winds down, according to a recent Future Forum survey – and the numbers are not much better for other often-marginalized groups, from LGBTQ employees and women to the disabled.

    A rash of high-profile incidents, including the killing of George Floyd…

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