Dismantling Diversity Management ― Introducing an Ethical Performance Improvement Campaign

Global diversity and inclusion management practice is in a state of arrested development. Leaders and practitioners are caught in grooves which are no longer effective, if they ever were. In Re-configuring Diversity Management Jude Smith Rachele takes a big leap in propounding that businesses, given the incredible complexity of the world’s social, economic and political fabric, must embrace morality and not just seek to act merely for reasons of legal compliance or profit. It presents a joined up system of diversity, which also extends beyond human resources into the wider fields of organisation and leadership development. The book emphasizes the vital importance of ethical and values-driven leadership and of living, not just spouting out, corporate values. Jude provides a valuable contribution to the international field of diversity management as she highlights the key flaws in traditional diversity management thinking, and presents to the reader a clear picture of the barriers in place which make it difficult for practitioners, leaders and all of those committed to social justice to achieve desired outcomes within organisations. This book is a courageous and refreshing look at diversity. It not only provides a bold critique of how corporate structure has co-opted people into a diversity management model which perpetuates, rather than, transforms the status quo, it also maps out how to break this ineffective cycle.

Dr Jude Smith Rachele is Co-founder and CEO of Abundant Sun Ltd, an international organisational development and cultural transformation agency. Originally from the US she has lived and worked internationally for the past 25 years. A specialist in global diversity and inclusion, she dedicates her work to improving social justice outcomes, developing greater global citizenship and encouraging ethical business conduct. Her clients include: multinational corporations; global law firms; renewable energy companies; social housing groups; schools; universities and charities. She is also Co-founder of the campaign End Colourism and holds a BA in Psychology and a PhD in Business Management.