Opinion

August 3, 2020

Stop making the business case for diversity

Asking for 'proof' that diversity makes business sense is problematic. When was the last time anyone asked for proof that white men make good CEOs?


A new peer review article came out earlier this week. It demonstrated, in a 50-year longitudinal study assessing 350,000 companies, that white people are detrimental to businesses’ bottom line. It concluded that with fewer white people, companies could increase their profitability by at least 25%.

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