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Loretta Lynch Discusses Implications of Diversity Audits on the Rise with Fortune
January 9, 2023
Litigation partner Loretta Lynch was featured in Fortune’s raceAhead newsletter in a piece discussing the rise and impact of civil rights and racial equity audits. In “Diversity Audits Are on the Rise and Have Become a Critical Progress Measure,” published on January 6, Loretta describes the growing demand for these audits and their focus on measuring impact, providing an opportunity to examine whether a company’s commitments are yielding desired outcomes. She also discusses the potential for backlash as these audits continue to expand but notes it is not permanent.
“The resistance you feel [and] that backlash is not the forward-moving torrent,” she says. “We are the forward-moving torrent, the forces that are pushing this discussion forward, that are opening this dialogue, that are raising these issues, that are keeping them in the forefront of discussions.”
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