1960s Executive Suite Studies
[chronological order]
Press release on AJC cooperation with Harvard University and University of Michigan on projects to study discrimination at the top levels of American industry. (
Jan. 15, 1962)
Press release regarding early findings of AJC's studies on executive level discrimination. (
Oct. 26, 1962)
"Industrial Bias Against Jews-Reality or Sensitivity?" Jewish Exponent. (
April 10, 1964)
Press release publication of The Protestant Establishment by E. Digby Baltzell. Baltzell's work was, in part, made possible by a grant from the Maurice and Laura Falk Foundation of Pittsburgh, as part of the AJC's executive sui (
Oct. 20, 1964)
Discrimination Without Prejudice: A Study of Promotion Practices in Industry,University of Michigan Institute for Social Research Survey Research Center, AJC supported the research for this study under a grant from The Maurice (
November 1964)
"Invisible Persuader on Promotions," Business Week. (
Dec. 12, 1964)
"The Ethics of Executive Selection," Lewis B. Ward, Harvard Business Review, Lewis B. Ward. Ward's article focuses on a study, supported in part by AJC, done by the Division of Research at Harvard Business School. (
March-April 1965)
"How Does Religion Influence Job Choice?" Business Week. (
April 17, 1965)
Press release on findings of the Harvard study on discrimination. (
May 23, 1965)
Text of letter to Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz from Burton A. Zorn, chairman of AJC's civil rights and civil liberties committee. (
Oct. 22, 1965)
Press release on AJC campaign to end discrimination against Jews in management positions in the Philadelphia area. (
Nov. 19, 1965)
"New Rules to Help Jews Unlock Executive Suites," Detroit Free Press. (
Nov. 28, 1965)
"Overcoming Barriers to the Employment of Jews and Minorities in Major Industry and Finance in the Delaware Valley," Murray Friedman. (
January 1966 - December 1967)
Press release on Jewish Employment and Vocational Service, AJC, and Scott Paper working together to start a training and action program to broaden the involvement of Jews and other minorities in management level positions at Scott Paper. (
Jan. 3, 1967)
Press release on AJC to work combat discrimination against minorities in the banking industry. (
May 21, 1967)
Press release on AJC meeting with thirty-five major corporations in the Pittsburgh area. (
Aug. 22, 1967)
"A Plan for an Executive Suite in Your Community," detailed AJC report on how to fight discrimination at the local level. (
September1967)
"Summary of the Cornell Study of Religious Background and Occupational Choice," . Included is a press release on this study which was sponsored by AJC. (
December 1967)
Press release on pilot program in the Philadelphia area to combat executive suite discrimination against minorities. (
May 7, 1968)
"Anti-Semitism's Last Hurrah in American Business," Craig Vetter, Careers Today. (
January 1969)
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