on Thursday announced it had hired diversity and ethics consultants as well as outside legal advisors in its continued efforts at reform. After months of intensifying controversy, NBC announced on May 10 that it would not air the Golden Globes in 2022. This week, the HFPA hired two law firms to independently investigate incidents, complaints or allegations reported to a dedicated complaint hotline. Additionally, the HFPA has hired Cambridge, Mass.-based Leadership Lab International, the group’s new diversity, equity, and inclusion consultant. In April, Shaun Harper, a professor at USC’s Marshall School of Business tapped as the association’s first diversity strategist, quit just two weeks before the HFPA announced its slate of reforms.
Source: Los Angeles Times May 27, 2021 18:58 UTC