{"id":3665321,"date":"2025-03-21T19:26:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T23:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vip2-msd.com\/merckcom-migrated\/?page_id=3665321"},"modified":"2025-03-21T23:20:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T03:20:51","slug":"employee-business-resource-groups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vip2-msd.com\/merckcom-migrated\/company-overview\/diversity-and-inclusion\/initiatives\/employee-business-resource-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee business resource groups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"mco-b2-hero-block-block_ad99b84ef3614c14688ed828e6bc83ce\" class=\"mco-b2-hero-block full mccberg-block\">\n    <div class=\"mco-b2-hero-block-wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"mco-b2-hero-block-image-section \">\n\n                            <div class=\"mco-b2-hero-block-image-container \">\n                    <picture >\n\t<source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/vip2-msd.com\/merckcom-migrated\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2023\/09\/Powered-by-Pride_HI.jpg?w=768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip2-msd.com\/merckcom-migrated\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2023\/09\/Powered-by-Pride_HI.jpg?w=768\" >\n<source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1199px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/vip2-msd.com\/merckcom-migrated\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2023\/09\/Powered-by-Pride_HI.jpg?h=768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip2-msd.com\/merckcom-migrated\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2023\/09\/Powered-by-Pride_HI.jpg?h=768\" >\n<source media=\"(min-width: 1200px) and (max-width: 1919px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/vip2-msd.com\/merckcom-migrated\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2023\/09\/Powered-by-Pride_HI.jpg?w=1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip2-msd.com\/merckcom-migrated\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2023\/09\/Powered-by-Pride_HI.jpg?w=1200\" >\n<source media=\"(min-width: 1920px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/vip2-msd.com\/merckcom-migrated\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2023\/09\/Powered-by-Pride_HI.jpg?w=1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip2-msd.com\/merckcom-migrated\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2023\/09\/Powered-by-Pride_HI.jpg?w=1920\" >\n\t<img data-src=\"https:\/\/vip2-msd.com\/merckcom-migrated\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2023\/09\/Powered-by-Pride_HI.jpg?w=1920\" alt=\"two women smiling at EBRG event\" class=\"eager \" loading=\"eager\" \/>\n<\/picture>                                    <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"mco-b2-hero-block-image-container-two\">\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"mco-b2-hero-block-content-section\">\n            <nav class=\"breadcrumbs wrapper text-descriptive\"aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\"><\/nav>            \n                            <h1>Employee business resource groups<\/h1>\n            \n                            <div class=\"mco-b2-hero-block-description\"><p>We\u2019ve taken a pioneering and global approach to enabling an inclusive culture through the creation of employee business resource groups (EBRGs). 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