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Stonewall conference speakers agree workplace diversity makes good business sense
Business leaders have called on employers to keep a focus on diversity in the workplace.
Speaking yesterday at Stonewall's workplace conference sponsored by Barclays, Brendon Riley, CEO of IBM UK, and vice-admiral Alan Massey, Second Sea Lord, Royal Navy, both used their keynote speeches to call on employers to keep focused on workplace equality for lesbian, gay and bisexual staff.
Massey said: "Changing behaviours takes some time. Changing the underlying attitudes and culture takes a whole lot longer. The continued engagement of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community is vitally important to us to ensure that it becomes an embedded part of our business, a fundamental part of a fair leadership culture."
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March 10, 2010
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