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Choose a Fortune 100 company and research their diversity initiatives posted on their website (may be under community efforts, community relations, social responsibility, etc.). Next, review their win terms of their diversity. Critically evaluate their diversity program – what do they do well and what could they do differently?

Going through Wal-Mart’s diversity program they have really improved over the last 9 years. Out of all Wal-Mart officers 27.5% are women at Wal-Mart compared to 14.3% at other fortune 500. Wal-Mart board of directors consists of 23.5% women and in the Wal-Mart workforce 57.2% are woman. Comparing them to other retail stores and fortune 500’s, Wal-Mart beats them in most categories. Also Wal-Mart’s women employees are very diverse in the latam region 45% are from Argentina 54% are from Brazil and Chile and 51% are from Mexico and Central America. In the emea region 65% are from Canada, 42% are from South Africa and 58% from United Kingdom. In the Asia region 65% are from China, 20 % from India, and 69% from Japan. Also there have been increases in market managers in Wal-Mart they had a 92% increase in women and 61 percent increase in people of color. In store managers they had a 42% increase in women and 32% increase in people of color. They also had an increase in co-managers 134% in women and 125% in people of color. Beginning Memorial Day 2013, Wal-Mart committed to offering a job to any honorably discharged U.S. veteran within his or her first 12 months off active duty. Wal-Mart projects hiring more than 100,000 U.S. veterans over the next 5 years. Wal-Mart’s associate resource groups consist of associates for disability awareness and education, Asian pacific associates network, Hispanic Latino associate resource group, LGT and Straight ally, African American associate resource group, American Indian & Alaska native associate resource group, and women’s resource council. Wal-Mart has 2 female ceo’s. Wal-Mart also offers a...