Inclusion and Diversity in Companies: Premises to Maximize Quality of Life and Profitability

Abstract

In this article, I highlight the importance of inclusion and diversity in companies as one of the decisive factors for increasing their profitability. By highlighting the humanitarian and social relevance, I reiterate that business policies and practices maximize the quality of the people involved and increase their productivity and profits. Although companies have already realized the urgency of adopting inclusive practices and diversity, they are far from welcoming and articulating the rights and desires of systematically and histor-ically excluded people and groups. To support inclusion and diversity in companies, I look to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that guide company practices and projects; in a second moment, I develop arguments about why the adoption of the principle of inclusion and diversity are important factors in increasing companies’ revenue; and, in the end, I propose basic and necessary guidelines for assimilating and incorporating inclusion and diversity in companies.