Wal-Mart Stores set up Employment Practices Advisory Panel
25 Apr '06
3 min read
World largest retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc announced the establishment of an Employment Practices Advisory Panel and the appointment of the Panel's first two members, who are highly, respected national experts.
The Panel will work with Wal-Mart's senior management to develop and implement progressive enhancements to equal employment opportunity and diversity initiatives for the nation's largest private workforce.
The newly appointed members of the Advisory Panel are Dennis Archer and Vilma Martinez. Archer is chairman and CEO of The Diversity Network and chairman of the law firm of Dickinson Wright PLLC in Detroit.
Previously, Archer was the mayor of Detroit, a Michigan Supreme Court Justice and the first African-American president of the American Bar Association.
Martinez, a partner at the Los Angeles law firm of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, has an extensive history as a Latina civil rights activist and was president and general counsel for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund for nine years.
Martinez specializes in employment discrimination and commercial matters at the federal and state levels.
"Dennis and Vilma have devoted their lives to fighting for opportunity for diverse communities across this country," said Wal-Mart Stores Inc CEO Lee Scott.
"They have worked to make our society a better place, and we are eager to benefit from their vast expertise to help Wal-Mart continue to buildupon our already strong diversity commitment and initiatives."
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