Britain’s biggest businesses must take action to improve the diversity of their workforces and publish a breakdown of their black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) employees, a new report has urged. The report by the professional management body the CMI and the British Academy of Management focuses on ethnic diversity at management levels below the boardroom and highlights the importance of the issue following the vote for Brexit. Clean up your act on diversity, government tells FTSE companies Read moreAbout 12.5% of the UK population are BAME but they hold just 6% of top management jobs. The report found managers were nervous to talk about race and ethnicity for fear of causing offence. It discusses which language to use and settles upon using the term BAME, while the Parker review uses “people of colour”.

Source: The Guardian July 19, 2017 04:52 UTC