A Call to Action Part 1: Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion through Systems, Institutions and Policy Levers (Research in Social Issues in Management)

A Call to Action Part 1: Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion through Systems, Institutions and Policy Levers confronts one of the most pressing challenges in contemporary organizational life: how to sustain and strengthen DEI commitments amid intensifying political, cultural, and institutional resistance.Rather than retreating from this moment, the contributors to this volume respond with clarity, evidence, and resolve. Drawing on cutting edge research across management, public policy, organizational behavior, and social justice scholarship, the chapters speak directly to researchers, leaders, policymakers, and institutional stakeholders.Each contribution identifies a critical priority for advancing DEI through structural, systemic, and policy based interventions.Together, they illuminate the wide-ranging levers-legal, economic, cultural, technological, and organizational-that shape whether DEI efforts falter, stagnate, or meaningfully transform workplaces and communities. The b