You have just started a new role as a Supplier Diversity Executive with a major logistics company and have been brought in to reshape the company’s supplier strategy. Working closely with the Executi

Competency

Critique the influence of global and business environments on organizational success.

Student Success Criteria

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Scenario

You have just started a new role as a Supplier Diversity Executive with a major logistics company and have been brought in to reshape the company’s supplier strategy. Working closely with the Executive team, you have been tasked with looking at global diverse talent and diverse vendor relationships the company has.

Instructions

For this assignment, select a Fortune 500 Logistics company and write an analysis of how the company uses supplier diversity. Conduct research on the best practices for supplier diversity in the industry and include the following in your analysis:

• Determine what are some industry best practices in attracting diverse talent (human capital) and diverse supplier relationships.
• Evaluate how your chosen company uses supplier diversity to select supplier and vendor relationships.
• Determine what measurements your selected company can use to increase diversity in both human capital and supplier/vendor relationships.
• Provide your recommendation from your research on best practices that can be employed by your company.
• Provide attribution for credible sources (minimum of 3 scholarly sources).
• Use APA format and apply professional language supported with evidence (in-text citations and references in APA style) and free of errors.

Resources

Access library databases in the Resources tab of this course. Recommended databases include First Research for industry information, Mergent Online or Hoovers for company information, and Business Source Complete via EBSCO or Business via ProQuest for articles.