Kortney Overzet, HR chief for Spindle, tells a story from a recent employee-training session that underscores how this software company is advancing its core values to employees, while also ensuring compliance with its code of conduct. The core-values piece includes valuing diverse views and having the courage to create. The compliance piece features an emphasis on inclusion and equal opportunity for all.

The Spindle training session noted above centered on a story about a group of male auto engineers, all with similar ethnic/cultural backgrounds. They were discussing design specifications for a minivan. Some readers may already know the story of ...