At Royal Bank Financial Group, we define diversity as more than race or gender. We respect the diversity of nations. That's vital to companies like ours, which do business all over the world. Even if you don't operate globally, doing business in a country as diverse as Canada offers the same kind of challenges. We respect the diversity of lifestyles.
Employers have to create meaningful work and encourage an employee's commitment to the organization.
It takes people who lead balanced and healthy lives inside and outside the workplace to be successful in the workplace. But you might wonder how we've put some of this theory into practice. Historically, Royal Bank's diversity efforts have involved developing programs and policies for four employment equity groups - women, Aboriginal people, people with disabilities and visible minorities. Our earliest efforts in the 1970s focused on women, when we established a taskforce to identify impediments to career advancement. The world keeps changing, and we must keep pushing the envelope to keep up.