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Washington
–
U.S.
Senator
Tim
Scott
(R-SC)
has
introduced
a
bipartisan
resolution
to
encourage
the
development
of
best
business
hiring
practices
to
fully
utilize
the
potential
of
the
United
States.
Scott
was
joined
by
cosponsors
Senators
Rand
Paul
(R-KY),
Rob
Portman
(R-OH),
Marco
Rubio
(R-FL),
Cory
Booker
(D-NJ),
Sherrod
Brown
(D-OH)
and
Kamala
Harris
(D-CA)
in
this
effort
to
inspire
the
recruitment
of
minorities
and
underrepresented
groups
to
senior-level
positions
in
corporate,
academic
and
social
entities
across
the
country.
The
resolution
draws
ideas
from
both
Robert
L.
Johnson’s
“RLJ
Rule”
and
the
National
Football
League’s
Rooney
Rule.
It
encourages
the
voluntary
establishment
of
hiring
practices
to
ensure
that
applicants
from
every
walk
of
life
are
given
an
opportunity
to
participate
in
the
hiring
process.
“We
know
that
all
Americans,
from
every
neighborhood
and
background,
have
the
ability
to
achieve
great
things,”
Senator
Scott
said.
“When
we
are
hiring
in
my
office,
I
have
made
it
a
priority
to
ensure
our
applicant
pool
is
open
to
as
diverse
a
group
of
people
as
possible.
We
have
seen
recent
reports
regarding
the
shortage
of
diverse
leaders
in
both
Senate
staffing
and
executive-level
staffing
across
the
country,
and
I
believe
this
resolution
is
a
way
to
voluntarily
tackle
that
issue.
I
want
to
thank
our
bipartisan
group
of
Senators
for
their
support
of
this
resolution,
and
look
forward
to
working
with
them.”
As
recently
cited
in
the
Wall
Street
Journal,
less
than
10
percent
of
Chief
Financial
Officers
at
the
top
668
companies
in
the
United
States
are
of
African-American,
Asian
or
Hispanic
descent.
The
full
text
of
the
resolution
is
available
here.
Scott
introduced
a
similar
resolution
in
July
2014.
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