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I think it’s more likely emergent behavior born of individual executives making decisions that benefit their image and career, rather than some conspiracy. Havi
by malwrar 6y ago
I think it’s more likely emergent behavior born of individual executives making decisions that benefit their image and career, rather than some conspiracy. Having a diverse team looks good and deflects the political eye of Sauron from the largely white male upper management types, who are de-facto racists/sexists/etc in the pop culture lens. Who knows, maybe some of them genuinely believe that preferential hiring of diverse candidates is actually morally righteous.
- krallja 6y agoAs a (very!) low level manager, I’ve been espousing that diversity prevents groupthink for years. If we have too much groupthink, we risk driving off a cliff, high-fiving each other the whole way down.
- seneca 6y ago> diversity prevents groupthink Ideological diversity prevents group think. The modern "diversity and inclusion" movement actually strictly enforced a procrustean ideological homogeneity, ironically. It's probably the biggest modern example of group think.
- jjdin14 6y agoDiversity of what prevents group think?
- peruvian 6y agoEvery time my company does a push for diversity, they hire the same kind of people - middle to upper middle class, college educated, comfortable to well-off suburban upbringing.
- ttt0 6y ago> I think it’s more likely emergent behavior born of individual executives making decisions that benefit their image and career, rather than some conspiracy. https://archive.fo/1khJw#selection-1877.0-1877.86 https://archive.fo/1khJw#selection-1877.0-1877.86
- malwrar 6y agoThanks for sharing this, I had no idea there was evidence of this being real.
- pclmulqdq 6y agoGenerally speaking, regardless of race and sex, upper management types tend to be sociopaths who are actually racist/sexist (see all the scandals about this every time an executive sexually harrasses someone). Embracing the idea of a "diverse workforce" is a great deflection tactic.
- centimeter 6y agoI agree it’s emergent behavior; that’s not inconsistent with my comment. The unionization risk thing isn’t made up. Amazon’s warehouse unionization risk rubric includes racial diversity as an anti-union measure.
- DenisM 6y ago> racial diversity as an anti-union measure Could you elaborate?
- centimeter 6y agoThe effect is measured to exist, but any attempt at explanation is just conjecture. That said, it seems pretty clear to me that racially homogenous groups tend to have closer social ties and are therefore more likely to unionize.