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In recent years, two trends have appeared to sometimes blur the line between supplier diversity and DEI. Understandably, how your diversity efforts are structured depends on budget, personnel, or exactly how your organization views diversity. Whatever the reason, it should align with what your organization wants to accomplish and how you want the public and your stakeholders to perceive your diversity efforts. But in this setting, for the two programs to exist without one cannibalizing the other is a challenge. The following sections cover some of the current trends and the problems they present.

Few things are more disruptive to any program than poor execution. Building a poor structure can run counter to what you’re trying to accomplish. Further, it can negatively impact program results, which can lead to internal resentment and dysfunction. When that sets in with an organization, it’s hard to overcome.

Best practice is for these functions to work alongside each other, not one under the other. You’re creating supplier diversity and DEI rather than supplier diversity or DEI. As important as both of these are and will continue to be in the future, setting up a choice would be a hard, and maybe costly, decision to make.