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...most part, they keep their complaints from employers, who, although attuned to their minority and female constituents, remain largely in the dark about those who happen to be both. A new study written by noted academics Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Cornel West and Carolyn Buck Luce and sponsored by the nonprofit Center for Work-Life Policy suggests that companies are generally unaware of hidden biases connected to the traditional white corporate world. The study raises a broader, difficult question that corporations are only beginning to deal with: As minority employees rise in the workplace, should they learn to deal with...
When minority women open up about their extracurricular duties, however, some find their employers surprisingly receptive. Aynesh Johnson, 35, pulled long hours as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs yet found time to sit on the board of a nonprofit that aids low-income families living in a wealthy area of Manhattan. News of her altruism reached the executive suite and might have helped her land her current role as vice president of global leadership and diversity. "It's seen as a positive," she says...
...While the universities, as nonprofit institutions, do not have to pay property taxes, they both make a voluntary payment to the city each year, in lieu of taxes. But Adkins attributes the city’s financial woes to the loss of taxes from these two large landowners, and argues that charging them would lessen the burden on residents...
...Seidel says that achieving the proper balance in this relationship requires “a complicated dance” because of Harvard’s facilities and the constraints they place on the geographically small city. As a nonprofit tax-exempt institution, Harvard uses public resources—like roads and sewage channels—with no legal requirement to pay for them. The University makes a voluntary annual payment to the city in lieu of taxes, but politicians frequently call on Harvard to contribute more...
Harvard has just received one certificate that it should not throw into one of its readily available recycling bins. On Oct. 24, Harvard University earned a 2005 Green Power Leadership Award from the federal government and the nonprofit Center for Resource Solutions for its commitment to using renewable energy. The award is a triumph for all of Harvard’s schools, and it confirms the University’s place as a leader in promoting responsible consumption. This award follows University President Lawrence H. Summer’s announcement last October which outlined six Sustainability Principles intended to develop...