Fostering a culture of diversity, equity/fairness, and inclusion

Our Commitment: With Research Square Company culture as our cornerstone and fairness as our foundation, we are committed to building an increasingly diverse workforce and supporting a fair and inclusive workplace at every level of our organization. We are continuing to work toward this goal by listening, learning, and educating ourselves and changing our behavior based on what we learn to improve our workplace and better serve the global research community.

Diversity

We are relentlessly striving toward having a highly diversified workforce in all dimensions of our organization and across the entire employee lifecycle. We plan to do this by taking the following actions:

• Expand recruitment and diversify talent by increasing outreach to underrepresented groups.
  
• Identify criteria for success and share the status updates regularly with our workforce.
  

Equity/Fairness

We are committed to providing fair opportunities for all our employees. We plan to do this by taking the following actions:

• Ensure that our compensation policies and practices are fair and equitable.
  
• Ensure that professional development opportunities, such as promotions, networking, mentorship, and projects, are offered as equitably and transparently as possible.
  

Inclusion

Our goal is to foster a culture where all people feel included, valued, and comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work. We plan to do this by taking the following actions:

• Provide training related to diversity, equity and inclusion at every level of the organization.
  
• Commit to launching self-organized, self-led Employee Resource Groups that will help to educate the company and to increase awareness and embracing of diversity at Research Square Company.
  
• Promote a safe, healthy and welcoming environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging.
  

Our Promises

• Support DEI strategies at all levels of the organization, from top to bottom.
• Listen across the organization to understand challenges.
• Identify criteria for success and share the status updates regularly with our workforce.
• Identify specific policies and practices for improvement.

"Years ago, we made a commitment as a company to diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI) as a part of our hiring and employment practices, which we will continue to build on as we all learn together.  We stand with our colleagues of color and with all groups that have been marginalized and treated unfairly in our society."

- Shashi Mudunuri, Founder and CEO