The Rooney Rule has been in place since 2003, yet there seems to still be a lot of confusion surrounding it and the NFL diversity policy as a whole. How does the rule apply to teams searching for ...

Rooney’s hometown of Pittsburgh also recently adopted a version of the rule, according to CityLab, with the hopes of bringing people of diverse backgrounds into city government leadership positions.

The NFL responded by forming a diversity committee headed by Dan Rooney and the initiative that came from it became known as the Rooney Rule. Rooney, in nearly eight decades with the Steelers, led ...

“The Rooney Rule really has become the best practice for diversity and inclusion,” said Robert Gulliver, the NFL’s executive vice president of human resources and chief diversity officer ...

The Rooney Rule’s adoption in tech will likely result in nothing more than checking off a “we care about diversity” box The Rooney Rule, which was adopted across the NFL in 2003, was a step ...

Several law firms adopted the Mansfield rule in 2017, which aims to increase diversity in leadership. The rule requires 30% of candidates be women, lawyers of color, or from underrepresented groups.

DEI’s ‘Rooney Rule’ placed under legal microscope, on and off the field. Stephen Miller’s America First Legal files an EEOC complaint against the NFL, adding to the wave of challenges ...

Without enforcement, the Rooney Rule failed to create equitable opportunities for Black coaches. Then it spread to corporate America and fell short there, too. Warning: This graphic requires ...

Why The Rooney Rule Matters. The Rooney Rule was introduced to address the lack of diversity in NFL leadership roles. It aims to level the playing field for minority candidates by ensuring they ...

To diversify teams’ leaderships ranks, the N.F.L. has largely relied on the Rooney Rule, named for a Pittsburgh Steelers owner and adopted in 2003, which required every team to interview at ...