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IEEE Adopts
New Diversity
Statement
At IEEE, diversity is an
important and valued
strength. IEEE is committed to maintaining an environment in which all are
welcome to collaborate, to
contribute to our community, to support the growth of
our profession and our professional colleagues, and to
advance technology for the
benefit of humanity.
To that end, in February 2019, the IEEE Board
of Directors formed an ad
hoc committee to review
the organization's focus on
diversity, inclusion, and
professional ethics. The
ad hoc committee's work
included efforts aimed at
the continued improvement
of awareness and understanding of IEEE's commitment to diversity, inclusion
and professional ethics, and
efforts focused on improving the processes by which
IEEE members hold each
other accountable for our
commitments. 
One of the recommendations from this committee
was a proposal to include a
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diversity statement as part
of the IEEE policies. The
IEEE Board of Directors considered the proposal and
during its November meeting approved the following
statement for incorporation
into the IEEE policies:
IEEE's mission to foster
technological innovation
and excellence to benefit
humanity requires the talents and perspectives of
people with different personal, cultural, and disciplinary backgrounds. IEEE
is committed to advancing
diversity in the technical profession, and to promoting
an inclusive and equitable
culture in its activities and
programs that welcomes,
engages, and rewards
those who contribute to the
field without regard to race,
religion, gender, disability,
age, national origin, sexual
orientation, gender identity,
or gender expression.

This change to the IEEE
policy reflects IEEE's longstanding commitment to
ensure the engineering profession maximizes its impact
and success by welcoming,
engaging, and rewarding
those who contribute to the
field in an equitable manner.  
-KATHY PRETZ
This article originally appeared
online as "IEEE Adopts New
Diversity Statement."

ILLUSTRATION BY

Anders Wenngren

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