Even in this tough economy, progressive companies, especially those on The DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity® list, are maintaining or even escalating their commitment to diversity. But what about two companies that have never participated in the DiversityInc Top 50, Yahoo! and Monster? Yahoo! is ending its diversity effort and we evaluate Monster's diversity commitment on its corporate web site. Yahoo! announced in its Dec. 2 newsletter to subscribers that it is pulling the plug on its diversity newsletter.

Yahoo! encouraged subscribers to sign up for general job alerts. Here's what Yahoo! readers saw:

Yahoo e-mail to subscribers, Dec. 3, 2008 Yahoo's company web site has no mention of diversity on the homepage. And aside from touting being ranked by the Human Rights Campaign as one of the 100 best places for LGBT people to work, there is no mention of diversity on the Yahoo! Careers page either. And don't think about typing in "diversity" as a keyword in the job-search box--it yields no results. As for Monster, an evaluation of its corporate web site, corporate.monster.com, using DiversityInc's Scorecard found it lacking in diversity. These criteria have been used by DiversityInc for the past eight years to evaluate corporate (not consumer) web sites. These are the criteria and how Monster stacks up on this corporate web site:

• Having a direct mention of diversity or a link to a diversity section on the corporate homepage: Monster doesn't mention diversity on its corporate homepage or have a link to it. There is a mention two pages removed.

• Having a quote about diversity from the CEO on the web site: Monster has no quote about diversity from its CEO on its corporate web site.

• Having an easy-to-use search function with the word "diversity": A search of the corporate web site for diversity turns up a blank page.

• Having images of people of color or people with disabilities or content about LGBT people: The corporate web site has none of these.

• Listing awards for diversity initiatives: Monster's corporate web site does not do this.

After the initial publication of this story on Dec. 5, DiversityInc was contacted by Monster Acting General Counsel Evan Kornrich. In an e-mail, he stated: "Steve Pemberton never left Monster and it is his only source of employment. The diversity newsletter continues and will be circulated in the coming days as regularly scheduled. The diversity links are prominent throughout Monster's website. Note please also that when individuals look for employment with Monster itself, they do not go to our general corporate website which you reference. In fact, job seekers go to the Monster.com website. For example, when one clicks on 'Work for Us', this takes the seeker to the www.monsterhires.com website. Diversity and Inclusion is prominently displayed on the 'Why Work With Us' section. This has been active for the last 2 years. On the actual home page of Monster is diversity search and we have integrated diversity and inclusion into all our core job search and resume application processes. In sum we have placed diversity as part of everything we do and is reflected in our core values, our business and philanthropic efforts."

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