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Diversity is an inherently good thing for a company, because a diversity of views and knowledge allow a company to better understand and work with an equally di

Diversity is an inherently good thing for a company, because a diversity of views and knowledge allow a company to better understand and work with an equally diverse market. And more than that, it seems like a morally desirable long-term goal; companies should generally reflect the racial makeup of wider society, for example, and if that isn't happening it means that something is broken. Promoting diversity internally can help to solve this issue of a society-wide scale.

Kpourdeilami 10y ago
> Diversity is an inherently good thing for a company, because a diversity of views and knowledge allow a company to better understand and work with an equally diverse market Are there any studies that provide supporting evidence for this claim? I see it being thrown around all the time but I never see any data to back it up. P.S: I'm not trying to dismiss what you're saying, I'm genuinely curious to know if there's any truth to your claim
- MrUnknown 10y ago
  You won't find any, there isn't any. The basic idea is people from different backgrounds will have different views on things and this is a good thing. The concept itself does make sense, but I can't imagine any type of study actually being possible to back it up.
- surrealize 10y ago
  There's a nice Scientific American article that reviews the literature: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-diversity-makes-us-smarter/ http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-diversity-make...
ralfd 10y ago
If that is true, shouldn't companies then not also reflect age of society and hire a bunch of +50 married-with-kids people instead of hipsters fresh out of college?
- Moto7451 10y ago
  Yes in fact. Age discrimination is a big problem. http://www.fastcompany.com/3051030/the-future-of-work/is-27-the-tech-worlds-new-middle-age http://www.fastcompany.com/3051030/the-future-of-work/is-27-... The same issue applies to companies that only hire middle age employees and have a bias against "fresh hipsters" based only on their age.

Kpourdeilami 10y ago

> Diversity is an inherently good thing for a company, because a diversity of views and knowledge allow a company to better understand and work with an equally diverse market Are there any studies that provide supporting evidence for this claim? I see it being thrown around all the time but I never see any data to back it up. P.S: I'm not trying to dismiss what you're saying, I'm genuinely curious to know if there's any truth to your claim

MrUnknown 10y ago
You won't find any, there isn't any. The basic idea is people from different backgrounds will have different views on things and this is a good thing. The concept itself does make sense, but I can't imagine any type of study actually being possible to back it up.
surrealize 10y ago
There's a nice Scientific American article that reviews the literature: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-diversity-makes-us-smarter/ http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-diversity-make...

ralfd 10y ago

If that is true, shouldn't companies then not also reflect age of society and hire a bunch of +50 married-with-kids people instead of hipsters fresh out of college?

Moto7451 10y ago
Yes in fact. Age discrimination is a big problem. http://www.fastcompany.com/3051030/the-future-of-work/is-27-the-tech-worlds-new-middle-age http://www.fastcompany.com/3051030/the-future-of-work/is-27-... The same issue applies to companies that only hire middle age employees and have a bias against "fresh hipsters" based only on their age.