BPDC Charter

The BPDC provides a forum for council members to leverage and implement diversity best practices and processes in their divisions, while integrating the Laboratory's diversity initiative as a whole. The foundation of the Laboratory’s diversity initiative rests on the achievement of the following goals:

Innovative actions to foster an inclusive work environment that makes full use of the contribution of all employees
A workforce that reflects and embraces the diversity of our community

Functional objectives:

Create synergy between division/department diversity action plans and initiatives
Develop a diversity best practices framework and grow best practices models across the Laboratory
Mentor new initiatives
Visibly recognize and communicate diversity best practices achievement throughout the Laboratory
Identify and address emerging issues
Welcome the views of outside speakers
Develop a Lab-wide diversity scorecard