D&I dread | 1 in 3 workers fear diversity schemes could cost them their job

One in three employees fear that an unintended consequence of increased awareness around D&I would be losing their role, a new study by Dynata claims.

The research, which polled over 1,300 workers from the UK, in addition to nearly 10,000 from countries such as France, Germany and the USA, looked to explore the attitudes and opinions of employees, managers and people leaders surrounding EDI programs in their organisations.

It discovered that, whilst one in three employees rated accountability and progress reporting as the most important element of a successful D&I strategy, the same amount also feared that the consequences of such reporting could well endanger their chances of working for D&I-centric organisations.

A total of 68% of white men who responded to the survey believe that they don’t need any further education about the importance of D&I, yet a massive 46% believe that a greater emphasis of D&I may lead to their losing their own job.