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Creating a diversity culture at work needs allies who aren’t afraid to get a little uncomfortable, as WIPR’s Tom Phillips discovers.
Beth Marshall, a patent attorney at Murgitroyd in Aberdeen, Scotland, has no trouble recalling what happened early in her career: while attending one of her first conferences, someone made a comment that was intended to be flattering but it crossed a line. On this occasion, an ally stepped in.
“I wasn’t in a position of authority, I didn’t have power in the situation when the comment was made. Someone standing up for me was huge,” Marshall remembers. On other such occasions, no-one had stepped in, she adds gravely.
From a diversity and inclusion (D&I) perspective, allies can be defined as people, most likely colleagues, who support a minority community that exists within a workplace.
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