Gender Diversity in the Workplace: Altruistic or just good business?
Gender diversity. Two words you generally see plastered across a company’s Corporate Social Responsibility documentation or ‘Why Work With Us’ Careers page. Interestingly, it is not often you see the words ‘gender diversity’ in companies’ strategic business plans.
An article on this very topic was recently published and it is well worth the read exploring why we need to stop viewing gender diversity as altruistic and confining it to Corporate Social Responsibility pages, and seeing it more as part of growing a strategic and robust workforce.
“When it comes to gender diversity in the workplace, the goal has only ever been and will only be that the workplaces are representative of the society they operate in and of the customers they service.”