This only makes sense if you assume the organisation's interest is only to maximise productivity in the short term. An open source organisation may explicitly

This only makes sense if you assume the organisation's interest is only to maximise productivity in the short term. An open source organisation may explicitly be interested in attracting marginalised people into the tech sector, to improve equality in society as a whole. Or even from a cynical perspective, a profit-led corporation may desire to increase their ability to hire competent but undervalued (and thus cheaper) employees in future.