KPMG’s UK chair, Bill Michael, has resigned after telling staff to “stop moaning” during a virtual meeting about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, where he also called unconscious bias “crap”. Bill Michael during the virtual meeting. During the call, Michael, who was admitted to hospital with Covid-19 in March last year, apologised to staff who had criticised his choice of words. In the video, Michael said: “There is no such thing as unconscious bias, I don’t buy it. One worker wrote: “There’s no such thing as unconscious bias?!

Source: The Guardian February 12, 2021 09:03 UTC