Araksya G. Mirakyan, Anastasia S. Dosaeva Challenges and Prospects of Diversity and Inclusion Development in Organization Management

DOI: 10.38050/2078-3809-2025-17-4-151-172

Abstract

In the 21st century corporate policies aimed at ensuring diversity and inclusion (D&I) have become one of the key trends in business and management. However, today many companies are rolling back their programs. This paper aims to identify the reasons for this change and possible areas for further application of these practices by organizations. The paper reveals the essence of the basic concepts and the main types of diversity. It reviews the business practices of international and domestic companies and demonstrates that their corporate initiatives focus on a superficial level of diversity and depend on specific external conditions, namely the historical, cultural, legal and political context. The authors conclude that organizations’ excessive focus on “visible” levels of diversity, quotas, and political agendas has failed to meet inflated expectations. They emphasize that companies have continued to implement their D&I programs, although there has been a partial rejection and modification of the terminology used. It is noted that a personalized and holistic approach to conceptualizing diversity and inclusion policies, combining deep and shallow levels of diversity, is required.

Keywords: diversity and inclusion, diversity management, ethnic diversity, deep level of diversity, shallow level of diversity, business practice, DEI prospects.

JEL: M10, M14, M50.

For citation: Mirakyan, A.G., Dosaeva, A.S. (2025) Challenges and Prospects of Diversity and Inclusion Development in Organization Management. Scientific Research of Faculty of Economics. Electronic Journal, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 151-172. DOI: 10.38050/2078-3809-2025-17-4-151-172.

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