EDI Diversity Initiative Releases Questions Aimed to Promote Diversity During RFP Process

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The EDI Diversity Initiative has developed and released a series of questions aimed to assist clients entering the E-Discovery RFP process with prospective service providers. The questions are intended to shape the conversation regarding diversity within an organization and ensure that any potential candidates prioritize the advancement of diverse viewpoints in accordance with the goals set out upon by the EDI Diversity Initiative and its signatory organizations. 

"The goal of EDI's Diversity Initiative is to foster diversity within our industry. We think that offering organizations guideline questions for the RFP process will help ensure that each and every relationship we cultivate helps advance this goal," says Ashish Prasad, a member of EDI's Board of Directors and the member of the EDI Diversity Committee. 

The questions were developed by the EDI Diversity Committee in collaboration with, among other people:  Amy Sellars, Associate General Counsel at Walmart; Katisha Fortune, Senior Associate Counsel at Walmart; and Moira Cochran, Litigation and eDiscovery Specialist at Volkswagen.  The group drew from their diverse professional backgrounds to construct a relevant and effective series of questions designed to determine whether a prospective service provider prioritizes diversity and inclusiveness in their organizational structure and business dealings.

"In order to effectively promote diversity, we must take greater steps to hold ourselves, our peers, and our collaborators accountable. These questions were created with this idea in mind," says Amy Sellars of Walmart.

EDI has made these questions available for download on its website at www.ediscoveryinstitute.org/diversity. The non-profit also intends to distribute the questions to all members and participating organizations within its constituency.  As more organizations sign the Diversity Pledge, EDI hopes that the influence of this initiative can expand beyond just the pledge signatories. The more organizations that utilize questions such as these to conduct future relationships, the greater the reach of the EDI Diversity Initiative can be.

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SOURCE Electronic Discovery Institute

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