Business and Professional Communication Quarterly Mar 2024

The Rhetorical Function of Corporate DEI Reports

Josephine Walwema ; Jennifer Bay

Abstract

We analyze diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) reports from the top 20 Fortune 500 companies to particularly examine how these companies use visual design and representation to present an aspirational future that valorizes their current DEI efforts. We contend that if large corporations have the ability to affect outcomes among employees, stakeholders, and citizens, then educators have an obligation to prepare students to be well positioned to make change and to participate in conversations about change.

Journal
Business and Professional Communication Quarterly
Published
2024-03-01
DOI
10.1177/23294906231208415
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multimodality race and writing multilingual writers affect and writing

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