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The Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) is the highest officer charged with the management of diversity and inclusion in an organization.
The CDO role may involve: addressing discrimination in the workplace, launching initiatives to change organizational culture, and increasing the range of backgrounds and the representation of staff. Roughly 52% of Fortune 500 companies employ diversity officers.[1]