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Re:Apple makes slight progress on diversity while rivals mak... by matthewmacleod on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @06:42PM (#12222080)
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.
Re:Apple makes slight progress on diversity while rivals mak... by Kpourdeilami on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @06:54PM (#12222143)
> 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

Re:Apple makes slight progress on diversity while rivals mak... by MrUnknown on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @07:38PM (#12222340)
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.
Re:Apple makes slight progress on diversity while rivals mak... by surrealize on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @11:52PM (#12223273)
There's a nice Scientific American article that reviews the literature:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-diversity-make...

Re:Apple makes slight progress on diversity while rivals mak... by ralfd on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @08:14PM (#12222492)
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?
Re:Apple makes slight progress on diversity while rivals mak... by Moto7451 on Thursday August 04, 2016 @01:01AM (#12223482)
Yes in fact. Age discrimination is a big problem.

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.