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I found this article very interesting and thought-provoking. However the research data quoted does raise more questions than answers, for me at least.
"97% of the legal workforce are straight and able-bodied". These figures need to be treated with caution don't they?. Gay people do not necessarily want to "out" themselves in organisational surveys- as is often acknowledged in survey outcomes. Most disability is actually hidden- it's not just about visible people in wheelchairs or with white canes- and people who have hidden disabilities do not often wish to disclose them at work, preferring colleagues to focus on their ability rather than their disability. Morgan Woolfe needs to factor this in.

I am not familiar with the research from the University of Copenhagen. Its apparently universal conclusion is rather surprising to me I can imagine there might be significant differences between attitudes in, for example, Alabama from that in, say, Dublin Who did they survey? Where did they live? Despite Morgan Woolfe's assertion to the contrary, I am not convinced the message from this actually is that diversity issues alone will never work in the UK.

I haven't read Harvard's 2016 disturbing study regarding ethnic minority applicants for jobs. Was this a study of American( ie USA) attitudes? Does the study claim that it applies to UK attitudes as well? What was the context of the research?



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