You are requested to address the following question: A 9th April 2014 Straits Times report quoted an article from the Singapore-based Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE): “The
statistics are discomforting. But while discussions about discrimination can be difficult, they are also necessary. And there is no better time for them than now, when the (Singapore) Government is
itself focusing on the issue. Research suggests that workforce diversity leads to greater productivity and innovation. A 2011 Forbes Insight study surveyed 321 top executives from several MNCs.
Fully 85 per cent believed that greater social diversity helped drive innovation by encouraging different perspectives and ideas” (Moana & Edwina, 2014) (Source: Moana J, Edwina S (2014) for the
Straits Times, 2014, Report on AWARE, The Straits Times, 9 April 2014, 30)
Take several of the issues raised by the literature (and other related literature) and from reports in relation to equality and diversity issues and explain the reason why they should be of
interest for policy makers and organisations.