Updated Trends in Disability, Diversity, and Corporate Social Responsibility.

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• Alternative Title:
  Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 2025, v. 61, no. 2: Updated Trends in Disability, Diversity, and Corporate Social Responsibility.
• Journal Article:
  Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation
• Personal Author:
  Mullin, Courtney ; Gould, Robert ; Parker Harris, Sarah ; Jones, Robin
• Description:
  Disability holds a unique position in employment, including corporate social responsibility (CSR) and diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. Furthermore, contextual shifts in employment, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, make it critical to explore how disability is considered within company strategies.
  
  Authors reviewed 2020/2021 CSR reports to observe organizational disability inclusion practices and shifts in company approaches to workplace and community initiatives. This analysis helps illuminate what disability inclusion strategies businesses publicize and prioritize, contributing to the growing knowledge of disability inclusion.
  
  Building from a previous analysis completed in 2018 (Gould et al., 2020), the current review involved content analysis of 129 CSR reports from companies recognized for their disability inclusion efforts.
  
  Results showed a substantial increase in organizations that participated in disability inclusion activities and illuminated potential contextual changes. Additional findings highlight primary disability inclusion strategies as well as emerging practices.
  
  Although there is an increasing interest in including disability within business efforts, there continues to be distinct challenges to advancing disability inclusion overall. By providing insights into disability inclusion approaches, the current study sets a foundation for future research to explore the efficacy and long-term impacts of inclusive practices to enhance disability employment outcomes.
• Content Notes:
  Author manuscript
• Subjects:
  • Humans
  • COVID-19
  • Pandemics
  • Social Responsibility
  • Employment
  • Workplace
• Keywords:
  • Organizational culture
  • equal opportunity
  • corporate social responsibility
  • diversity, equity, and inclusion
  • disability inclusion
• Source:
  Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 2025, v. 61, no. 2
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.3233/jvr-240032
• ISSN:
  1052-2263 ; 1878-6316
• Pubmed ID:
  41306761
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC12645482
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  90DP0091/ACL/ACL HHSUnited States/ ; R01 DP000091/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Pages in Document:
  1-18 (27 pdf pages)
• Volume:
  61
• Issue:
  2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/260934/cdc_260934_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 135.16 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9de4a21dc8bb48f9e8b28ea6658b81bd07af0b9da54bed875451df999c8d0436097aaddf9b9d105f5dd59a1f3d0e617c0196125a1bf7fe1ef712c2239fd07988