Diversity in Information Technology Industry Paper

Assignment: Diversity in Business

7.2, 7.3, 7.5, 7.7

Read the following articles about diversity in business:

· “Norway’s gender quota law has made boards more professional: state fund boss,” available at Reuters

· “Big Data Shows the Growing Influence of Hispanics Will Change Business Models,” available at Forbes

· “The Most Unbanked Places in America,” available at the Corporation for Enterprise Development

Write a 300 word essay on corporate governance and diversity at the management and senior management levels (e.g., gender, race, sexual orientation, age), focusing on a specific industry.

Include responses to the following questions in your essay:

· What industry are you writing about? What is the current state of diversity in that industry?

· How does diversity or lack of diversity at the top management or board level [corporate governance] affect profitability? How does it affect a company’s relationship with its non-customers (people who might use your business but have not yet become customers, like the large number of Hispanic residents who are not bank customers)?

· How would increased diversity affect business within the industry?