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The executive orders I cover in the earlier section “Looking at Where It All Began” were based on the government’s desire to do something to address systemic economic disparities within the Black community. The orders stated what needed to be done with regard to inclusive hiring and business practices, but they didn’t provide a framework for how it should be done. This vacuum left the field wide open to interpretation, resulting in abuse, fraud, and neglect. Organizations and agencies were left with their own understanding and created programs that they felt worked for them and were reflective of their cultures at the time. For better or worse, the organizations of yesteryear aren’t the culture-centric organizations of today. Not every organization was successful with its efforts. But despite these mixed results, supplier diversity programs forged ahead and began to really take shape during the 1970s.

According to Dr. Fred McKinney, one of the country’s foremost supplier diversity historians (not to mention technical editor and contributor for this book), supplier diversity includes three distinct periods: compliance, right thing to do, and making the case. Figure 2-1 looks at each period of supplier diversity and the shift in organizational priorities during each phase.

FIGURE 2-1: Evolution of supplier diversity.