Businesses must promote diversity – not just because it's good for the bottom line | Tim Ryan

Too many of America's workplaces are not representative of our communities. In a divided country, we have a duty to advance diversity and inclusion

We're living in a country of growing division and tension, and it's having an impact at work. But it's often the case that when we walk into the office - where we spend the majority of our time - we don't address these issues.

And yet there's so much to talk about - from growing societal inequality and America's racial divide to single-digit minority representation in corporate America. (Just 1% of the nation's Fortune 500 CEOs are black, only 4% are women, and even fewer are openly gay).