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To achieve more equity in the tech industry, we must reframe diversity

  • Written by Patricia Baum Salgado, Fellow at the Institute for Social Innovation, Fielding Graduate University
To achieve more equity in the tech industry, we must reframe diversityCompanies should listen to both male and female employees on this issue and pay attention to any backlash.

There is a lot of fear among men in the tech industry about speaking out and trying to overcome declining female participation and sexual harassment, according to my ongoing research.

Diversity in tech is a highly emotional, highly complex...

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