General counsel and chief legal officers can move the needle forward through economic incentives and by giving underrepresented employees greater responsibilities that will give them the skills to climb the corporate ladder, a group of legal leaders said during the California Minority Counsel Program’s first virtual conference Thursday.

In a panel discussion called “From the Desk of the General Counsel,” legal leaders of Uber Inc., Discover Financial Services, Universal Music Group and HP Inc. said that diversity and inclusion efforts must go beyond just giving work to underrepresented employees.

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