Asia Society Congratulates the 2012 Best in Class Finalists

Cardinal Health, Inc.

Cisco

Colgate-Palmolive Company

Corning Incorporated

Eli Lilly and Company

Freddie Mac

GE

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

IBM

KPMG LLP

Merck

New York Life Insurance Company

Pfizer

PG&E Corporation

Sodexo, Inc.

Results based on Asia Society’s report, available June 11. The report recognizes employers who best develop and promote Asian Pacific Americans to corporate leadership.

We have updated our agenda here.

Look for Asia Society’s 2012 Diversity Leadership Forum Corporate Acknowledgement Ad today the Wall Street Journal (Update: 9 May paper)!  The 2012 Best in Class Finalists, based on Asia Society’s Asian Pacific Americans Corporate Survey are also highlighted.   You can find the Ad on the back cover of the Marketplace section, B12.  It is running in the Greater NY, Washington DC/Baltimore and Northern California editions.

In case you missed it, you can find the WSJ Ad here

Also, download thel “Save the Date” post card here

Ending Benign Neglect: Addressing the Needs of Asian-Pacific American Employees

Originally published in The Huffington Post on March 1, 2012

It is almost a truism that the model minority paradigm is harmful to Asian-Pacific Americans (APAs).

The generic trappings of “success,” from educational attainment and household income to purchasing power and market growth, hide not only real genuine disparities between different APA groups but are also often cited as reasons to overlook APAs in diversity discussions — a benign neglect of sorts. Research indicates that even in today’s political arena, where a few hundred votes can tip an election, APAs are frequently overlooked.

Nowhere is this situation more evident than in the workplace. Generally, APAs are able to obtain employment and progress through the junior and mid-level ranks. Yet, there has been no appreciable increase in their presence at the most senior levels, including the C-suite or corporate boards. If APAs have actually solved the riddle of success in corporate America, how can this be true?

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