America's executives are not in touch with lived reality of race in the workplace. It’s worse than you think
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Edelman, where I am CEO of the U.S. region, has released new research on the state of trust in business, specifically as it pertains to racial injustice. Our findings may surprise you.
As painful as I find the data, I am convinced we must keep asking the questions and compiling the results. Unless we can agree on a starting point, we certainly cannot arrive at an endpoint. Lisa Osborne Ross is CEO, Edelman U.S.
Three years after the collective wake-up call wrought by the murder of George Floyd and others, the data reveals that, while concerns about racism are rising, trust in business to assuage them is not:
*Americans are increasingly concerned about racial equity. Sixty-nine percent of Americans are concerned about racial injustice, up 8 points from 2022. Notably, concern from Republicans increased 9 points and those 55+ increased 14 points in the last year.