Dec. 22, 2020 7:30 am ET
Chief information officers in 2020 helped introduce or bolster initiatives to increase the ranks of minorities and women on their technology teams, as well as programs designed to retain and advance those underrepresented groups.
Also, in a year in which the police killing of
George Floyd
prompted many companies to address racial disparities internally and across American society, CIOs took steps to educate themselves about race and bias.
“While we’ve always talked about [diversity, equity and inclusion],” the killing of Mr. Floyd was “a real wake-up call,” said Maya Leibman, chief information officer at American Airlines Inc., one of 45 information technology executives who responded via email to CIO Journal’s annual end-of-year questionnaire, which surveyed them on diversity and other topics.