PIM’s DE&I Resource – Go Above & Beyond

Posted on by Sadie Hagen

OBJECTIVE:

These are additional Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) actions you can incorporate at your organization. These additional actions can be started now or can be started later as a way to maintain accreditation requirements.

COMPLAINT PROCESS – Expand from Star 2

  • After you have written a complaint process and a complaint escalation process…
    • All current and new employees must be informed on where/how to submit complaints. Create a process for them to know and use.
    • Employees must be free to submit complaints without fear of retribution. Create a process or plan for employees to know and feel this.

JOB POSTS – Expand from Star 2

  • After you evaluate, actively maintain and update your Job Postings. Thoroughly review/vet each
    position’s minimum requirements and broaden recruitment platforms used.

AUDIT OF EQUITY

  • Perform internal audit of measures of equity.
  • What do your wages, promotions and training opportunities look like for all levels of employees? What did your internal audit look like? What was the outcome of the audit? How has this helped you?
  • After reviewing the results of the internal audit of measures of equity, what can you do to bridge the
    gaps?

EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS

  • Add a section about inclusion in Employee Performance Appraisals.
  • Supervisors and leaders must be trained on this process.
  • What does it say?
  • Have you received any feedback about this? How has this helped you?

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PLAN

  • Create an Affirmative Action Plan. Click here for tip on completing this.
  • After you create an Affirmative Action Plan to recruit diverse applicants, do you see you employee diversity changing?

SURVEY

  • Survey and evaluate your supply chains. Are you working with a diverse group? If not, maybe consider looking for more diverse partners. Look for minority-owned businesses that are invested in diversity, equity & inclusion. Expand diversity in your supply chain each year and try to add more. Are you promoting to your clients, schools, potential employees, etc. that you are working with diverse partners? If you would like, Printing Industry Midwest (PIM) has a survey template for this. Contact Kristin Pilling-Davis & Sadie Johnson at diversity@pimw.org to set up your personalized survey.
  • After evaluating your supply chains, find ways to partner with more minority-owned businesses that
    are invested in diversity, equity & inclusion.

MENTORING

  • Recruit and mentor another organization to start this program.
  • Or mentor an organization already in the program that might need a little help.

CREATE YOUR OWN

  • Create and propose your own action plans/goals and presents it to Printing Industry Midwest’s (PIM) Diversity Coalition for review and approval.

If you have more ideas you would like to share, please email Kristin Pilling-Davis & Sadie Johnson at diversity@pimw.org. We are always looking for more ideas.

Sadie Hagen
Author: Sadie Hagen