Book contents
- Disclosureland
- Disclosureland
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Historical Case Study
- 2 Race-Conscious Disclosures, Image, and Reputation
- 3 Racial Targets
- 4 Corporate Racial Philanthropy
- 5 Race-Conscious Retraction
- 6 Regulating Race-Conscious Disclosures and Retraction
- Conclusion
- Methodology Appendix: Data and Methods
- Bibliography
- Index
3 - Racial Targets
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 January 2026
Book contents
- Disclosureland
- Disclosureland
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Historical Case Study
- 2 Race-Conscious Disclosures, Image, and Reputation
- 3 Racial Targets
- 4 Corporate Racial Philanthropy
- 5 Race-Conscious Retraction
- 6 Regulating Race-Conscious Disclosures and Retraction
- Conclusion
- Methodology Appendix: Data and Methods
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Racial targets are nonbinding, voluntary statements about goals to hire, retain, or promote people of color in the future. This chapter examines how companies have used racial targets and assesses the role of racial targets as part of the broader project of using race-conscious disclosures to show concern for and action toward addressing racial inequality. The chapter also discusses how companies attempted to meet their racial targets and argues that some corporate strategies to do so may have further entrenched racial inequality. The chapter illustrates the potential tensions between the positive aims of disclosures and their potential challenges for racial progress.
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- DisclosurelandHow Corporate Words Constrain Racial Progress, pp. 78 - 91Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2026
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