1、DIVERSIFYING GLOBAL ACCOUNTING TALENT:Actionable Solutions for ProgressDIVERSIFYING GLOBAL ACCOUNTING TALENT:ACTIONABLE SOLUTIONS FOR PROGRESS2Foreword.8Executive Summary.9Catalysts for DE&I Action.12 Catalyst for Action:Current State of DE&I in Accountancy.14 Catalyst for Action:Protecting the Publ

2、ic Interest.18 Catalyst for Action:Demands for Sustainable Business Information around DE&I.20Actionable DE&I Solutions.25 Inhibitors of Progress.26 Inventory of Actionable Practices .28 Ethical Commitment.32Collective Action.35Appendix A:Inventory of Actionable Practices.36Appendix B:Actionable Pra

3、ctices and Measurement Sources .57Appendix C:DE&I Advocates.60Appendix D:Research ApproachJurisdictional View.63Endnotes.65TABLE OF CONTENTS3DIVERSIFYING GLOBAL ACCOUNTING TALENT:ACTIONABLE SOLUTIONS FOR PROGRESSABOUT THE AUTHORSLoreal Jiles is vice president of research and thought leadership at IM

4、A.In this role,Loreal advances the management accounting profession through robust research initiatives that deliver actionable insights to accountants and financial professionals in business.Loreal is a former member of the IMA Global Board of Directors and is liaison to the IMA Committee on Academ

5、ic Relations.She holds a B.S.in accounting from Southern University in Baton Rouge,La.,and an MBA from Tulane University.As lead researcher of this global series of diversity,equity,and inclusion(DE&I)studies,Loreal has spearheaded one of the largest collective efforts toward DE&I progress across th

6、e global accounting profession and is honored to leverage solutions outlined in this report to champion collaborative action.Shari Helaine Littan,J.D.,CPA,is director,corporate reporting research and policy for IMA.Prior to joining IMA,she was an editor for Thomson Reuters Checkpoint.She also author