Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

This should tell you that you need to take a more holistic view of matters when making managerial decisions.

Often, it's down to ignorance as opposed to malice when decisions are made that would disproportionately impact minority groups, so these people are actually helping management to reach the correct decision.

A good example of this was when we had a new office door installed. The mechanism for the code to gain entry was placed halfway down because they wanted to try & make the workplace more accessible to wheelchair users and dwarfs. It was done with good intentions, but because they hadn't actually discussed this with disabled people, it had to be changed as some disabilities prevent people from bending down.

It was resolved by issuing everbody with key fobs and placing two readers at eye and waist level. A quick consultation with disabled representatives would have saved management time, money & embarrassment.

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I saw on the BBC news last night that Germany had said that they would "feel the pain of the UK leaving the EU, but that they would always put Europe first".

I'm assuming that they were referring to trade deals.