Workplace diversity
The average office or business looks very different to the way it did a century or even a generation ago. Where once in the western world white men predominated, women and members of ethnic minorities now enrich the mix of almost every workplace.
In most developed countries, the 1960s and 1970s brought equal pay and broader anti-discrimination legislation designed to ensure men and women received the same remuneration for performing the same tasks.
These legal obligations have allowed businesses to play their part in the valuable human endeavour of ensuring no one’s potential should be wasted due solely to their gender or colour of skin.
But offering equal opportunities can also have enormous commercial benefits. The most ...
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