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发帖数: 29576 | 1 Black, female, and a Silicon Valley 'trade secret'
By Julianne Pepitone
How diverse is Silicon Valley? Most tech companies really, really don't want
you to know, and the U.S. government isn't helping shed any light on the
issue.
In an investigation that began in August 2011, CNNMoney probed 20 of the
most influential U.S. technology companies, the Department of Labor, and the
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, filing two Freedom of Information
Act requests for workforce diversity data.
See the five companies' diversity data
A year and a half, a pile of paperwork, and dozens of interviews later, we
have a little more insight -- but not much.
Most of the companies stonewalled us, but the data we were able to get
showed what one might expect: Ethnic minorities and women are generally
underrepresented, sometimes severely so -- particularly in management roles.
White and Asian males often dominate their fields.
Our investigation demonstrated how difficult -- and sometimes impossible --
gaining any insight into Silicon Valley's employee diversity can be. It
shows a general lack of transparency in an industry known for its openness.
First attempt: In 2011, as part of CNN's Black in America series, CNNMoney
reached out to 20 tech companies: the industry's 10 largest firms by annual
sales and 10 smaller but prominent companies. We asked each for information
about the race and sex makeup of their staff.
Only Dell (DELL, Fortune 500), Ingram Micro (IM, Fortune 500) and Intel (
INTC, Fortune 500) played ball. Intel, in stark contrast to the rest of the
tech industry, actually makes its employment diversity information public on
its website.
"Intel believes that transparency with our data is the best way to have a
genuine dialogue," Intel chief diversity officer Rosalind Hudnell told
CNNMoney last week. "We are tech companies and data drives our business; we
need to get beyond our fears that the numbers are a poor reflection on our
individual organizations and work together to address the issue collectively
. "
The other 17 companies refused to turn over their data. Having made little
headway by asking the companies ourselves, the only way to compel them to
release the data was through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.
Every U.S. company with more than 100 employees is required to fork over an
annual report to the government, called the EEO-1, that categorizes U.S.
workers by their race and sex. An independent federal agency called the
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) collects the data, using it
to play watchdog: It keeps a close eye on companies' hiring practices and
occasionally assists in investigations.
We sent the EEOC a FOIA request on Aug. 18, 2011, and three weeks later it
was denied. The EEOC said it is legally prohibited from releasing EEO-1
reports.
Read CNNMoney's FOIA requests and the government's responses
Second attempt: After consulting with experts and CNN's legal team, we
learned the Department of Labor has access to EEOC data for some companies -
- and unlike the EEOC, no federal statute bars the DOL from releasing the
reports.
We re-filed the FOIA request to the Department of Labor on Nov. 1, 2011. It
took more than a year for that request to be processed.
On Dec. 7, 2012, we finally received the data, but for only five companies:
Cisco (CSCO, Fortune 500), Dell, eBay (EBAY, Fortune 500), Ingram Micro and
Intel.
What happened to the other 15 companies' information is complicated.
The Labor Department has no authority to release EEO-1 reports for companies
that aren't federal contractors. That knocked out 10 companies: Amazon (
AMZN, Fortune 500), Facebook, Groupon (GRPN), Hulu, LinkedIn (LNKD),
LivingSocial, Netflix (NFLX), Twitter, Yelp (YELP) and Zynga (ZNGA).
But even contractors may block the release of their data. Apple (AAPL,
Fortune 500), Google (GOOG, Fortune 500), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ, Fortune 500)
, IBM (IBM, Fortune 500) and Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500) all submitted
written objections, successfully petitioning the Department of Labor for
their data to be excluded on the basis that doing so would cause "
competitive harm."
Those five companies declined or ignored CNNMoney's requests for comment on
their unwillingness to turn over their data.
The information gap: "It's absolutely preposterous," said John Sims, a FOIA
expert and law professor at the University of the Pacific. "Knowing how many
white male sales workers a company has is a trade secret? Absurd."
Sims questioned why five companies consider these reports trade secrets,
while the other five allowed them to be released.
The data show diversity in Silicon Valley remains a serious issue. Some
companies cite a "pipeline problem," saying too few minorities and women are
graduating with technical degrees. Others argue that people tend to hire
people like themselves, and in tech, that's largely white and Asian males.
But the biggest obstacle, according to industry experts, is that few are
talking about the problem.
"This data is a just a baseline for discussion, but we can't end the problem
if we can't start the conversation," said Aditi Mohapatra, associate tech
sector director at BSR, a consulting group that works with companies on
social and sustainability issues. "For the tech industry to remain silent
about diversity is so not aligned with what they preach."
The Department of Labor said it does sometimes go back to companies and
demand defense of their claims.
In "rare" situations, the DOL said, this can escalate into lawsuits between
the government and the companies.
But lawsuits and appeals take time and money, and there's no guarantee of
data waiting at the end of the road. Mike Swift, a reporter with the San
Jose Mercury News, began probing the topic in 2008 by sending similar FOIA
requests for data from the region's 15 largest employers.
His inquiry sparked a two-year legal battle, resulting in access to data
from just one company -- HP -- that had opposed its release.
The Black Economic Council and the National Asian American Coalition have
also attempted to uncover diversity data at major companies, but most of
those requests have turned up little information.
"Companies are happy to hide behind a law that provides so little access to
this data," said Sims, the law professor. "Tech is the most vibrant sector
of the American economy, and rather than trying to fix problems, they want
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http://money.cnn.com/2013/03/17/technology/diversity-silicon-va | N*****m
发帖数: 42603 | 2 靠
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the
Information
【在 T**********e 的大作中提到】
: Black, female, and a Silicon Valley 'trade secret'
: By Julianne Pepitone
: How diverse is Silicon Valley? Most tech companies really, really don't want
: you to know, and the U.S. government isn't helping shed any light on the
: issue.
: In an investigation that began in August 2011, CNNMoney probed 20 of the
: most influential U.S. technology companies, the Department of Labor, and the
: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, filing two Freedom of Information
: Act requests for workforce diversity data.
: See the five companies' diversity data
| v****e
发帖数: 10715 | | l********g
发帖数: 6760 | | d*****u
发帖数: 17243 | 5 谁敢雇黑人程序员啊
还不够麻烦的呢
不过我见过一个学CS的黑人女生很不错 | c******k
发帖数: 8998 | 6 Asian主要都是中层技术人员，管理层巨少，而且肯定多版都是阿三。 | c******k
发帖数: 8998 | 7 搞这种调查的记者完全是浪费粮食
【在 v****e 的大作中提到】
: LOL
: 顺便调查一下NBA歧视的问题吧
| l********g
发帖数: 6760 | 8 站在了道德和政治正确的制高点上。
【在 c******k 的大作中提到】
: 搞这种调查的记者完全是浪费粮食
| h*******u
发帖数: 15326 | 9 草泥马逼的cnn
want
★ 发自iPhone App: ChineseWeb 7.8
【在 T**********e 的大作中提到】
: Black, female, and a Silicon Valley 'trade secret'
: By Julianne Pepitone
: How diverse is Silicon Valley? Most tech companies really, really don't want
: you to know, and the U.S. government isn't helping shed any light on the
: issue.
: In an investigation that began in August 2011, CNNMoney probed 20 of the
: most influential U.S. technology companies, the Department of Labor, and the
: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, filing two Freedom of Information
: Act requests for workforce diversity data.
: See the five companies' diversity data
| s*****r
发帖数: 43070 | 10 难怪俺公司最近急招了几个，俺要是把皮肤搞黑，FLAG应该随便挑了。
【在 d*****u 的大作中提到】
: 谁敢雇黑人程序员啊
: 还不够麻烦的呢
: 不过我见过一个学CS的黑人女生很不错
| | | h*******u
发帖数: 15326 | 11 果然是个贱逼白女小左写的
草榻麻痹
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★ 发自iPhone App: ChineseWeb 7.8
【在 T**********e 的大作中提到】
: Black, female, and a Silicon Valley 'trade secret'
: By Julianne Pepitone
: How diverse is Silicon Valley? Most tech companies really, really don't want
: you to know, and the U.S. government isn't helping shed any light on the
: issue.
: In an investigation that began in August 2011, CNNMoney probed 20 of the
: most influential U.S. technology companies, the Department of Labor, and the
: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, filing two Freedom of Information
: Act requests for workforce diversity data.
: See the five companies' diversity data
| s*****r
发帖数: 43070 | 12 中层技术人员老中多，底层老印多，中底层管理人员让老印包了
【在 c******k 的大作中提到】
: Asian主要都是中层技术人员，管理层巨少，而且肯定多版都是阿三。
| T**********e
发帖数: 29576 | 13
这妞对劳工部坐视不理黑人被硅谷歧视很是不满，民主党政客都被硅谷公司打点好了，
只要硅谷不要政府的bailout，没人会往硅谷公司里塞quota的。
【在 h*******u 的大作中提到】
: 果然是个贱逼白女小左写的
: 草榻麻痹
:
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: ★ 发自iPhone App: ChineseWeb 7.8
| d******a
发帖数: 32122 | 14 像谷歌这样的小左儿公司，应该15%的程序员是黑人，20%的程序员是劳模
want
the
Information
【在 T**********e 的大作中提到】
: Black, female, and a Silicon Valley 'trade secret'
: By Julianne Pepitone
: How diverse is Silicon Valley? Most tech companies really, really don't want
: you to know, and the U.S. government isn't helping shed any light on the
: issue.
: In an investigation that began in August 2011, CNNMoney probed 20 of the
: most influential U.S. technology companies, the Department of Labor, and the
: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, filing two Freedom of Information
: Act requests for workforce diversity data.
: See the five companies' diversity data
| w*******y
发帖数: 5704 | | h*******u
发帖数: 15326 | 16 你这是要ceo的命啊
★ 发自iPhone App: ChineseWeb 7.8
【在 d******a 的大作中提到】
: 像谷歌这样的小左儿公司，应该15%的程序员是黑人，20%的程序员是劳模
:
: want
: the
: Information
| H*********S
发帖数: 22772 | 17 白人眼里，阿3就是黑人，实际上英国人就直接把阿3喊作泥哥，但美国泥哥闹事时，阿
3算asian范畴
【在 w*******y 的大作中提到】
: 阿三不是很黑吗
| d******a
发帖数: 32122 | 18 我估计如果是黑人学计算机，应该很容易找到工作
【在 d*****u 的大作中提到】
: 谁敢雇黑人程序员啊
: 还不够麻烦的呢
: 不过我见过一个学CS的黑人女生很不错
| p*********g
发帖数: 9527 | 19 CNN居然开始折腾自己人了.还嫌经济不够糟糕阿? | l********g
发帖数: 6760 | 20 呵呵，犹太人精明着呢，就是要拉拢老黑劳模，
打击中国wsn这种希望靠读书奔中产的人。
【在 d******a 的大作中提到】
: 像谷歌这样的小左儿公司，应该15%的程序员是黑人，20%的程序员是劳模
:
: want
: the
: Information
| | | T**********e
发帖数: 29576 | 21
小左写手的dynamic很难控制，要搞到不黑不基不好意思打招呼。
【在 p*********g 的大作中提到】
: CNN居然开始折腾自己人了.还嫌经济不够糟糕阿?
| g***j
发帖数: 40861 | 22 可以告乒联吗？为啥不用黑球？
可以告母鸡吗？为啥不下黑蛋？ | l*********u
发帖数: 19053 | 23 靠，码工也要AA了？NBA，唱歌的肿么不AA涅？
want
the
Information
【在 T**********e 的大作中提到】
: Black, female, and a Silicon Valley 'trade secret'
: By Julianne Pepitone
: How diverse is Silicon Valley? Most tech companies really, really don't want
: you to know, and the U.S. government isn't helping shed any light on the
: issue.
: In an investigation that began in August 2011, CNNMoney probed 20 of the
: most influential U.S. technology companies, the Department of Labor, and the
: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, filing two Freedom of Information
: Act requests for workforce diversity data.
: See the five companies' diversity data
| w*********r
发帖数: 42116 | 24 在明州的话，至少能在公立大学找到个不错的职位。
我们的邻居里有一家黑人，男的是COLLEGE的老师，女的在社安上班。他们的儿子前年
上大学了，请邻居去开PARTY，说起找工作，他们说怕儿子不想当公务员。
【在 d******a 的大作中提到】
: 我估计如果是黑人学计算机，应该很容易找到工作
| k******d
发帖数: 1636 | 25 黑人只要不当寄生虫，啥职位都不难
【在 d******a 的大作中提到】
: 我估计如果是黑人学计算机，应该很容易找到工作
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