Talk:Diversity (business)/Archives/2014

Bogus article

There is no study and no proof anywhere that diversity does any of the number of things it is claimed to do in this article. In fact, the entire concept of diversity in the workplace is a very political and debated issue, and this article completely misses this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.242.19.89 (talk) 17:17, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Many voices from many directions are saying that demographic diversity in organizatons (campuses, businesses, churches, etc.) produces positive results, variously measured. I would be grateful if somebody could post a study that shows how this is true in the real world. Pete unseth (talk) 17:06, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

My previous call for documented evidence of the benefits of diversity in the workplace having brought no answers, let me ask it again, and more pointedly. The article includes this undocumented claim, "diversity in the workplace brings about many benefits to an organization." Where is the evidence that demographic diversity benefits businesses, or other organizations? I do not mean simply having multilingual employees to handle customers who speak different languages (e.g. at immigration facilities). Many voices loudly claim a demographically diverse workforce is better. I'm asking for documented evidence of this. I do not mean a simple published claim of this, but published evidence that workplace diversity benefits a company. The article is long on definitions and explanations, but short on evidence.Pete unseth (talk) 20:19, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

I don't if this will help, but i found article published in 2005 that is pointed to "The economic value of cultural diversity: evidence from US cities" http://joeg.oxfordjournals.org/content/6/1/9.full.pdf+html

I hop this improves this page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.208.78.186 (talk) 22:24, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

here is another article that could improve this page. http://www.eale.nl/Conference2009/Programme/PapersC/add102508_wKXraqYSnk.pdf —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.208.78.186 (talk) 22:26, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

Looking at the article that was just posted, I note that it does not unambiguously support the claimed benefits of workforce diversity: "When evaluating the results we emphasize that it may be difficult to interpret them purely as causal effects." The researchers examined age and education, not gender, race, or ethnicity. I renew my call for evidence to support the claims that a demographically diverse workforce is beneficial. It is loudly and widely claimed, but this article has not yet presented evidence to support it. Wikipedia calls for documentation. Trying to speak gently. Pete unseth (talk) 22:18, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Again, I gently call for documented evidence, not claims, that diversity in the workplace is good for a business. People keep building on the article, but is the foundation sound? Wikipedia is to be built on evidence, not merely repeating opinions or the claims of Max De Pree. Again, I call for evidence that diversity in business benefits businesses. The thunderous silence in reply to my repeated requests for evidence might be taken as admission that there is no credible evidence. If that be the case... Pete unseth (talk) 21:34, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

Again I challenge readers to respond: Many voices from many directions are saying that demographic diversity in organizatons (campuses, businesses, churches, etc.) produces positive results, variusly measured. I would be grateful if somebody could post a study that shows how this is true in the real world. Pete unseth (talk) 20:40, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

It is in my opinion, this article do not point out the here and now of diversity in the workforce. The author presented no real evidence or studies done within the recent five years.

I would like to point out two studies that are credible on the topic of diversity in the workforce; Global Diversity and Inclusion: Fostering Innovation through a Diverse Workforce by the Forbes Insight Corporation and the Workplace Diversity Practices: How has Diversity and Inclusion Changed over Time by the Society for Human Resource Management? Derrick Darden, PhD. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dcdarden (talk • contribs) 18:26, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

In Feb. of 2011, I first called for published studies that document that a diverse workforce is beneficial to a business. I asked for documented evidence, not claims. The previous post gives two documents, but both are compilations of claims, not documented evidence. They do contain mentions of employees from different ethnicities or countries giving crucial input on marketing for those markets, examples of the most basic sort advantages, things that could have been outsourced. So, I ask again, is there documented evidence that a business benefits by having a diverse workforce? Wikipedia is supposed to be built on documented evidence. Clearly, many fervently believe that workforce diversity is a positive thing. But all social acitivism aside, is there solid evidence that it benefits a business?

I notice that under the heading, above, "All employers can have a reason", an editor called for the deletion of a statement that questioned the ideology of the business diversity, using the phrase "patently false". Let us edit based on facts, not ideologies. Seeking truth. Pete unseth (talk) 19:34, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

This article is still based on ideological claims. Actual evidence of the real world advantages of workplace diversity could possibly be found by a comparison of two factories owned by the same company, one with a diverse workforce, the other non-diverse. If the diverse workforce has higher productivity, lower absenteeism, less employee turnover, less pilferage, higher quality scores, etc., this would be evidence for a genuine benefit from workplace diversity. Since Wikipedia is supposed to be an encyclopedia based on evidence, I gently call again for evidence.Pete unseth (talk) 15:56, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

I have deleted "white male privilege is tangible" and replaced "women and marginalized" with "minority" from the description of monolithic organizations under the "Classification of workplaces" section due to their subjective nature. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.166.90.186 (talk) 17:01, 4 May 2014 (UTC)