Fewer Whites, please
Nov 22, 2017
Canadian business leaders need to take "courageous" actions to make sure their companies are more diverse and inclusive in order to remain competitive amid demographic and technological changes in the workplace, according to a new report released Wednesday.
Diversity = Don't hire White people.
After decades of progress, the country has been stuck in neutral, struggling to advance traditionally under-represented groups such as women, visible minorities, those with disabilities and indigenous people, especially to the most senior levels of organizations, it said.
Here's the amusing part:
"We see inclusion as not only something that is critical for the individual... but it's actually the smart thing to do for business," Vettese said.
It's never explained how hiring more vaginas, coloreds, and disabled people is somehow the smart thing to do for businesses.
Deloitte said a 2016 survey of 1,300 business leaders linked superior financial performance with retaining employees of different backgrounds, skillsets and mindsets.
Here comes the funny part:
Only 11 per cent of Canadian companies could be considered courageous and Deloitte is not among them, although it outlined efforts taken to improve its ranking.
(Laughs.) The company that did the survey about the joys of diversity is itself not diverse.
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