DEI initiatives are business strategies and actions that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion within an organization. Their focus is ensuring representation and fair treatment of people from all backgrounds, beliefs, and abilities, while also creating an environment where everyone's voice is valued and heard.

1. Diversity: This refers to the variety of personal experiences, values, and worldviews that arise from differences of culture and circumstance. Such differences include race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, language, abilities/disabilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, socioeconomic status, and geographic region, among others.

2. Equity: This means fair treatment, access, opportunity, and advancement for all people while at the same time striving to identify and eliminate barriers that have prevented full participation of some groups in the past. This requires understanding the root causes of these outcome disparities within our society.

3. Inclusion: This is the act of creating environments in which individuals or groups can be and feel welcomed, respected, supported, and valued regardless of their background or identity. An inclusive and welcoming climate embraces differences and practices respect for all members of an organization.

DEI initiatives often involve training, workshops, leadership buy-in, policy changes, and continual review of systems to ensure these principles are being upkept. These initiatives are vital to creating a more understanding, innovative and efficient workforce, that can serve and understand a broad range of clientele while creating respect and understanding within the workplace.
