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Ciarán McFadden, Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior, Edinburgh Napier University

Six misunderstood concepts about diversity in the workplace and why they matter

Understanding diversity concepts in the workplace is crucial. SeventyFour | Shutterstock

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace is a sensitive topic. People are afraid to get things wrong or to use the wrong word. It doesn’t help that the words involved are confusing.

You have probably encountered these concepts at a mandatory training session, a workplace event, or on Twitter. They often involve decades of complex scholarship being reduced down to a single word, and, as such, they can easily be misrepresented.

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