Diversity & Inclusion in Tech Spurred by BLM

The company: IBM

What did IBM’s top executive in North Carolina say? “If you’re going to be a good corporate citizen, then your employee base should match its surroundings, and quite often employers failed to look at that.”

What police reforms did the IBM CEO support as it pulled its facial recognition software?

• Creating a federal registry of police misconduct
• Greater police accountability for misconduct
• Expanding STEM education opportunities to communities of color
• Condoning mass surveillance, racial profiling, & violations of basic human rights and freedoms

News & Observer | Companies need to look like the diverse communities they’re in, IBM’s top NC exec says