CDP Employee Resource Groups 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which metric is most useful for evaluating an ERG's impact on organizational inclusion?
- Total number of ERG members
- Member retention rates compared to non-ERG employees (Correct answer)
- Number of social events hosted per year
- Size of the ERG annual budget
Correct answer: Member retention rates compared to non-ERG employees
Comparing retention rates of ERG members to non-members directly measures the ERG's impact on belonging and organizational inclusion.
Question 2: An ERG focused on employees with disabilities requests ergonomic equipment for meetings. This request primarily aligns with which ERG role?
- Community outreach
- Workplace accessibility advocacy (Correct answer)
- Talent recruitment
- Leadership development
Correct answer: Workplace accessibility advocacy
Requesting accommodations that make the workplace physically inclusive is a core function of workplace accessibility advocacy within ERGs.
Question 3: What is the term for a formal senior-level leader who supports an ERG's access to resources and visibility within the organization?
- ERG Facilitator
- Diversity Council Member
- Executive Sponsor (Correct answer)
- Alliance Partner
Correct answer: Executive Sponsor
An Executive Sponsor is a senior leader who champions the ERG, advocates for resources, and connects it to organizational strategy.
Question 4: A company with 12 ERGs notices significant overlap in membership and mission. The BEST next step is to:
- Dissolve the smallest ERGs immediately
- Conduct an ERG portfolio review to identify consolidation opportunities (Correct answer)
- Increase funding to all ERGs equally
- Require ERGs to compete for the same budget pool
Correct answer: Conduct an ERG portfolio review to identify consolidation opportunities
A portfolio review allows the organization to strategically align, consolidate, or differentiate ERGs without arbitrarily eliminating employee communities.
Question 5: When an ERG partners with the talent acquisition team to attend historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), it is fulfilling which function?
- Policy advocacy
- Pipeline development (Correct answer)
- Cultural celebration
- Supplier diversity
Correct answer: Pipeline development
Partnering with recruiting to source candidates from underrepresented institutions is a pipeline development function of ERGs.
Question 6: Which governance document is most important for establishing an ERG's scope, decision-making authority, and accountability structure?
- Annual report
- Charter or bylaws (Correct answer)
- Member roster
- Budget proposal
Correct answer: Charter or bylaws
A charter or bylaws defines the ERG's mission, governance structure, officer roles, and boundaries of authority.
Question 7: An employee ally joins a women's ERG as a non-identifying member. The PRIMARY benefit of ally membership is:
- Reducing the ERG's operating costs
- Broadening organizational support and amplifying the ERG's advocacy (Correct answer)
- Meeting diversity hiring quotas
- Allowing the ERG to access a larger budget
Correct answer: Broadening organizational support and amplifying the ERG's advocacy
Allies expand an ERG's network of support, increase visibility, and help advocate for the community's needs across the broader organization.
CDP Employee Resource Groups 2
Which metric is most useful for evaluating an ERG's impact on organizational inclusion?