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Is Hiring For Diversity An Ethical Stand?

What ethical obligations, if any, do insurance companies and independent agencies and brokerages have in developing a more diverse industry workforce by recruiting, training and promoting more women and minorities in their respective ends of the business?

By Peter R. Kensicki | Updated on November 29, 2009

What ethical obligations, if any, do insurance companies and independent agencies and brokerages have in developing a more diverse industry workforce by recruiting, training and promoting more women and minorities in their respective ends of the business?

Less than half of the respondents to that question believe there is an ethical responsibility to develop a more diverse workforce. However, no one believed that seeking diversity among employees, under the right circumstances, was either a bad idea or a goal not worth pursuing.

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