Check out the latest article, “DEI Erosion Threatens Safety. Artificial Intelligence May Help Pick Up the Slack.” that Heather Chapman wrote for inBound Logistics.
“Rollbacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts will exact a heavy cost on safety, compliance, and productivity on American industrial workforces, which grow more diverse every year. AI might help.
Over the past month, executive orders from the Trump administration have rolled back diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts across the federal government. Major companies like Amazon, Walmart, and Target soon followed suit, similarly scaling back their own initiatives.
Over time, these rollbacks will exact a heavy cost on safety, compliance, and productivity on American industrial workforces, which grow more diverse every year.
Within Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) programs, DEI initiatives and workplace safety operate in tandem with each other, rather than as two separate entities. Diverse teams contribute diverse perspectives, and help organizations identify safety risks from all angles. This has resulted historically in the creation of more effective and inclusive safety cultures….”
