DEI Resource Bank

The ingredients of inclusivity – the impact of inclusive work cultures on women in technology roles in Finland
Accenture, Women in Tech Finland, TEK, Mimmit Koodaa, 2021
Women are ambitious but many still find it hard to thrive in technology roles in Finland. This survey details their experiences of inclusivity and workplace cultures in the tech industry.

Investing & gender equality – What can investors do?
Inklusiiv, 2021
Recent studies show that over 90% of startup funding in the Nordics and Europe goes to all-male founding teams. This article lists actions investors can take to remedy the situation.

Women Aren’t Promoted Because Managers Underestimate Their Potential
Yale Insights, 2021
A case study of gendered bias in performance evaluation data looks at why fewer women are promoted to senior positions than men in a large retail chain in the US.

Women @ Work 2022: A Global Outlook
Deloitte, 2022
This survey of ​​5,000 women across 10 countries aims to better understand women’s career progression and experiences in the workplace. The results show a worrying longer-term impact of the pandemic with respondents reporting burnout at alarmingly high levels.

This guideline presents tangible strategies to promote DEI within internal operations, deal flow processes, and portfolio companies. 

How to disclose your disability at work?
Culture Amp, 2022
Disclosing disability in the workplace can be very risky due to biases, assumptions, and stigmas that impact people with disabilities – but in a supportive environment it can also bring benefits in the form of adjustments, accommodations, and getting to be your authentic self.

Concrete step towards disability inclusion: No Limits to Opportunity ebook
Nokia, 2022
This ebook serves as global guidance to people managers on how to hire, onboard and engage team members with disabilities. It also covers how to improve communication and interaction, and provides guidance for finding more resources.

What Does It Take to Build a Culture of Belonging?
Harvard Business Review, 2021
Why focusing on belonging can help when trying to create cultural change in the workplace.

6 Ways To Help Your DEI Initiatives Drive Greater Impact
Google, 2022
Strong DEI initiatives are strategic and intentional. Google outlines six lessons they have learned on their DEI journey.

Palkkasyrjintä
Tasa-arvovaltuutettu, 2022
Naisten ja miesten väliset palkkaerot ovat merkittävä ja pitkäkestoinen tasa-arvo-ongelma.

Työpaikkojen yhdenvertaisuussuunnittelu
Työsuojelu, 2022
Työnantajan tulee edistää työntekijöidensä yhdenvertaisuutta, eikä se saa syrjiä työntekijöitään tai työnhakijoita. Työnantajalla on lisäksi erityisvelvoitteita vammaisia ihmisiä kohtaan, jotta he voisivat saada työtä yhdenvertaisesti muiden kanssa ja suoriutua työtehtävistään.

Työpaikkojen tasa-arvosuunnittelu
Työsuojelu, 2022
Jos työnantajan palveluksessa olevan henkilöstön määrä on säännöllisesti vähintään 30 työntekijää, työnantajan on vähintään joka toinen vuosi laadittava erityisesti palkkausta ja muita palvelussuhteen ehtoja koskeva tasa-arvosuunnitelma, jonka mukaisesti toteutetaan tasa-arvoa edistävät toimet.

Yhdenvertaisuuslaki 30.12.2014/1325
Finlex
Tämän lain tarkoituksena on edistää yhdenvertaisuutta ja ehkäistä syrjintää sekä tehostaa syrjinnän kohteeksi joutuneen oikeusturvaa.

Laki naisten ja miesten välisestä tasa-arvosta 8.8.1986/609
Finlex
Tämän lain tarkoituksena on estää sukupuoleen perustuva syrjintä ja edistää naisten ja miesten välistä tasa-arvoa sekä tässä tarkoituksessa parantaa naisten asemaa erityisesti työelämässä. Lain tarkoituksena on myös estää sukupuoli-identiteettiin tai sukupuolen ilmaisuun perustuva syrjintä.

Tutkimustietoa seksuaali- ja sukupuolivähemmistöjen tilanteesta Suomessa
Oikeusministeriö, 2021
Viimeaikaisten kyselytutkimusten ja selvitysten pohjalta HLBTI-ihmiset kokevat asenteiden heitä kohtaan muuttuneen myönteisempään suuntaan, mutta samalla esille nousee yhä useita epäkohtia esimerkiksi työelämässä, koulutuksessa ja sosiaali- ja terveyspalveluissa.

Sukupuolitietoinen viestintä (in Finnish)
Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos, 2021
Käytännön neuvoja ja tietoja sukupuolitietoiseen viestintään, joka ottaa sukupuolen merkityksen huomioon sekä viestinnän sisällöissä että käytännöissä.

Kenen tietoo? – Opas moninaisempaan ja inklusiivisempaan journalismiin
Rare Media, 2022
Käytännönläheinen tietopaketti siitä, kuinka journalistisessa mediassa voidaan vahvistaa moninaisuutta ja yhdenvertaisuutta  – niin yksittäisenä journalistina kuin toimitusten ja tiimien voimin.

How to Write an Employee Code of Conduct
Wrike, 2022
How do you write a staff code of conduct? Here are five steps to follow when getting this document rolled out to your employees.

18 of the Best Code of Conduct Examples
I-sight, 2022
Some outstanding code of conduct examples that you can use as inspiration to update or write your own.

Inklusiiv Code of Conduct
Inklusiiv, 2022
Here’s our Code of Conduct.

HR’s Guide To Inclusive Communication
Develop Diverse, 2022
An e-book outlining steps to more inclusive communication and how to start communicating more consciously as an organisation.

The Audience You Didn’t Know You Had
Contents Magazine, 2012
It’s very important to consider your content from your user’s perspective. Is it written so that your target audience will understand and relate to it?

8 resources for diverse stock photos
Invisionapp, 2019
Check out these eight stock photo resources that will set you up for design that speaks to people of all walks of life.

Breaking the language barrier in the workplace
Futurice, 2022
Strict language requirements are seen as one of the largest career obstacles affecting international professionals. What can companies do to embrace talent who are not well versed in the local language?

Microsoft’s Strategy for Neurodiversity Hiring and Integration
Microsoft, 2022
An example of a diversity effort in recruitment that seeks to attract talented neurodivergent candidates and provide the training and support they need to succeed.

Case study: Inclusive recruitment ads can attract more diverse talent
Inklusiiv, 2022
Sometimes simple actions are the most effective. By changing the content of their recruitment ads and making them more inclusive, Tietoevry was able to increase the percentage of women applicants significantly – from 14 % to 32 %.

The “Talent Shortage” Problem Is a Diversity Problem
ERE Media, 2021
We have a hard time recognizing talent if it doesn’t look and sound a specific way. This article introduces some systemic solutions to this systemic problem.

The Inclusion Canvas
Futurice, 2022
The success of new products and services depends increasingly on their inclusivity, and how well they meet different end-user needs. The Inclusion canvas is a free-to-use tool designed to help product and service teams make more conscious decisions and cater to broader and more diverse user groups.

Microsoft Inclusive Design Toolkit
Microsoft, 2022
Inclusive Design is a methodology that enables and draws on the full range of human diversity. This means including and learning from people with a range of perspectives.

A long way to go for LGBTQI equality
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, 2020
This report presents select findings from a 2019 survey on LGBTI people in the EU and North Macedonia and Serbia. With almost 140,000 participants, it is the largest survey of its kind.The results show little progress over the past seven years.

Being transgender at work
McKinsey & Company, 2021
Research that provides insights into the participation, plight, and precarity of transgender people at work.

LGBTQ+ voices: Learning from lived experiences
McKinsey & Company, 2020
Research reveals the challenges that LGBTQ+ employees face, and six ways to help them bring their authentic selves to work.

8 steps on how to celebrate your LGBTQ+ employees year round
Inklusiiv, 2022
Pride month is a great opportunity to start dialogues within your company about how to best support your LGBTQ+ employees. However, this dialogue should not end with the month of June.

ESG Toolbox to Help With Corporate Responsibility Work
Finnish Venture Capital Association. 2022
This toolkit provides ESG metrics, digital tools, and frameworks for investors and companies to measure environmental, social and governance sustainability.

The Mistake Companies Make When They Use Data to Plan Diversity Efforts
Harvard Business Review, 2019
As organisations take a data-driven approach to identifying areas of change, many encounter one issue: they have a great deal of data about the experiences of certain groups, but far less on others.This article makes a case of analysing and drawing conclusions on small numbers when it comes to employee experiences.

How to Measure Inclusion in the Workplace?
Harvard Business Review, 2021
This article includes useful tips on how to measure employee perceptions of inclusion, what effective action looks like from leaders, and common pitfalls to avoid.

What D&I Metrics You Should Use
Crescendo, 2022
Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) stretches across the whole organisation, so DEI success metrics should too. This article provides guidance on what D&I metrics to use.

Measuring diversity and inclusion: 5 reasons to prioritise it and how to do it
Inklusiiv, 2022
This article lists five reasons to measure diversity, equity, and inclusion with a survey and includes tips on how to plan a successful diversity and inclusion survey.

Research: How Bias Against Women Persists in Female-Dominated Workplaces
Harvard Business Review, 2022
The “add women and stir” approach proposes that having more women present is all that is  needed to promote change. But simply adding women into a workplace does not change the organizational structures and systems that benefit men more than women. New research shows how gender bias is still prevalent in gender-balanced and female-dominated industries.

How effective is unconscious bias training?
Culture Amp, 2022
If you’re considering holding unconscious bias trainings at your company, this article lists some considerations that can help ensure that they work towards your company culture.

Recognizing and Responding to Microaggressions at Work
Harvard Business Review, 2022
An introduction to microaggressions and their negative impact in the workplace.

Are You Aware of Your Biases?
Harvard Business Review, 2022
It can be challenging to recognize and acknowledge our own unconscious biases. Becoming aware of your shortcomings can be one of the best ways to develop as a leader.

Build Team Norms That Cultivate Allyship, Equity and Inclusion
SHRM, 2021
Developing a team culture where diverse identities and perspectives are welcomed is one impactful way for managers to improve employees’ experiences of inclusion.

Guide: Understand team effectiveness
Re:work with Google, 2022
Google’s research on team effectiveness found that what really mattered was less about who is on the team, and more about how the team worked together. Psychological safety was the most important quality in an effective team.