NUMBER OF WOMEN AND MINORITY WORKERS
Colombian business sector should generate greater job diversity and inclusion, for more competitiveness and profitability, warned the first study of the National Consulting Center.
Of surveyed 17,410 workers, 64.9% are mestizos, white 27.3%, 4.5% blacks, Indians 0.7% and 2.6% mulattos. Among the most representative findings on the current share of African descent and indigenous people in the business structure of the country, 60% of respondents felt that black people in Colombia receive worse treatment than white, 37% said that the deal is equal to 1.9% say it is better.
Moreover, at board level, occupation of white dominates with 62%, followed by a 30% mestizos, blacks with 6% and 1% indigenous. The participation of blacks decreased 3% when discussing the management issue, while whites occupy 50% and 44% mestizos. Finally, participation in the administrative level is maintained at the same rate of 3% black, 24% for whites, 70% for mestizos, mulattos and 2% to 1% indigenous.
The study concludes that in three Indians who work, only one is a woman. At the managerial level in general, in five managers three are men and two women. (Semana.com, 2014)
Our company are created in Colombia and this factor affect us in a direct way because having a labor diversity help to increase the ratability and the competitive advantage in the firm.