Managing Corporate Virtue : The Politics of Workplace Diversity in New York and Paris

著者名：Bereni, Laure

Oxford University Press（2025/11/10発売）

• 言語：ENG
• ISBN：9780197785737
• eISBN：9780197785751

Description

A major tenet of contemporary capitalism holds that what is good for business can align with what is good for society. Efforts towards more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplaces epitomize this rising ideology, termed responsible capitalism. An increasingly common managerial mantra is "diversity means business." But how does it play out in the daily life of organizations?Drawing on interviews with diversity managers, a historical review of practitioner literature, and observations from organizations in New York City and Paris, Managing Corporate Virtue goes beyond the rhetoric of DEI initiatives to uncover the concrete challenges faced by those tasked with implementing them. Laure Bereni reveals the persistent fragility of diversity efforts, which are often sidelined; subject to the variations of the legal, social, and political environment; and require constant efforts to sustain managerial support. Practitioners must prove their programs are neither merely virtue signaling nor the Trojan horse of political, legal, or moral pressures that would unsettle the corporate order. Ultimately, by exploring the day-to-day work of diversity managers in the United States and France, Bereni exposes the contradictions lurking beneath the neoliberal promise of harmony between profit and virtue.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Managing Corporate Virtue1. What Diversity Owes to Equality Policies2. Diversity Means Business3. Promoting Diversity, Between Management and Regulation4. Beyond or Alongside the Law?5. The Valuable Identity of Diversity Managers6. Serving or Changing the Company?Conclusion: A Window Onto the Contradictions of Responsible CapitalismAppendix A. Methods and FieldworkAppendix B. Table of Interviewees