What is the business case against sex, race and age discrimination?

What is the business case against sex, race and age discrimination?

Would less segregation by race, sex and age improve the situation?

Both for employers and the larger society as well?

What holds us back?

What is the business case against sex, race and age discrimination?The business case against sex, race, and age discrimination is rooted in economics. Discrimination based on sex, race, or age will at times inevitably result in not hiring the most qualified applicant. That results in unnecessary inefficiencies and lack of productivity and a lower standard of living for everybody. Less discrimination necessarily results in more efficiency and productivity.



Not to mention all the less direct costs of discrimination including contention, lawsuits, time wasting etc.



What is the business case against sex, race and age discrimination?How about it's illegal. See the Fair Labor Act of 1963 and Civil Rights Act of 1964.What is the business case against sex, race and age discrimination?Less segregation would be better, but forcing companies to have a certain number of women, men, whites, blacks, asians, etc, on the team would probably be more detrimental than helpful. More white men get hired at higher pay because statistically white men are more likely to speak polite English and dress appropriately.