Gender discrimination

When a firm’s leadership is composed of people who look the same and share similar life experience, those outside that group have a much harder time breaking barriers to move up in an organization.

The California Society of CPAs has created a commission to focus on diversity, equity and inclusion issues in the CPA profession.

A panel of female professionals discuss how firms can raise women's value and marketability in the workplace.

Diversity and inclusion are top priorities in today’s fast-paced and dynamic environment — especially as clients, customers, business partners and the employee pipeline include a broad spectrum of diverse characteristics.

Imagine what would happen if the entire team recognized that our differences represent an amazing kaleidoscope of strengths and more strengths.

The profession needs to make more of a commitment to ensuring women have a seat at the table.

While the majority of accounting and tax practices offer policies to discourage gender bias and discrimination, women are divided over whether the firms’ leaders are actually carrying them out.

We need to be aware of things that we do that make others uncomfortable, especially women and members of minority groups.

Today there is considerable consternation that women and blacks are underrepresented in the partnership ranks of CPA firms.

These 10 workplaces are setting the gold standard for advancing gender diversity in the profession.