The dangers of DEI and ESG Part 2 | Wokeism#18

In the previous article, we saw how the woke ideas of Environmental-Social-Governance (ESG) and Diversity-Equity-Inclusion (DEI) got introduced in the corporates of the US. Today, these ESG and DEI ratings are crucial for attracting investments in companies.

 

 

 

These ratings and the pieces of training, awareness programs, and initiatives have begun in full swing in the Indian corporate environment. The Western concept of Queer Theory is being used to promote diversity and inclusion in the corporates. One of the pioneers of DEI activism in the corporate sector is Parmesh Shahani, who works as a DEI consultant for many Indian business houses. His paper - A Manifesto for Trans Inclusion in the Indian Workplace – lists out the strategies for the inclusion of LGBTQIA+ people in the workplace (I don’t know when was a person ‘excluded’ from a workplace by asking him/her about sexual orientation, now that there needs to be an HR strategy to ‘include’ them). Nevertheless, some of the demands listed in the paper in the name of ‘strategy’ are worth mentioning:

An anti-discrimination policy

Active hiring of LGBTQIA+ people

Sensitization of existing employees

Restroom facilities

Health insurance and medical benefits

Robust advocacy of the trans policies both within and outside the company

 

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The authors of the paper have even listed the text of the policy that the corporates should adopt. The policies focus on very minuscule/minor issues which the organization should take care of. For example, denying staff members access to locker rooms/toilets that correspond to their self-identified gender identity. Does this mean that a biological male identifying as a female can easily walk into toilets for biological females and the company should accept this invasion of privacy of women? The staff members should use the preferred pronouns (read our article on pronouns) when communicating with LGBTQIA+ people. Why should a corporate policy force people to use pronouns against the fundamental right of freedom of speech? Coming on to the second point of active hiring of LGBTQIA+ people. How can a piece of paper write with the intention of activism recommend corporates to ignore merit and hire more and more LGBTQIA+ people? Getting a job depends on your educational qualifications/merits and not your sexual orientation. This kind of hiring mentioned above is utter stupidity. Does this mean that you wake up one day, identify yourself as LGBTQIA+ and just walk in and get a job despite you not qualifying for that job? The third point is about the sensitization of existing employees. These woke people are masters of the English language by gift wrapping simple things in nice packages by using fancy words. Sensitization simply means imparting training. According to the paper, this training involves conferences to discuss steps to be taken to include LGBTQIA+ people, workshops, and compulsory training modules on gender identity and sexual orientation, etc. These programs should not be one-off events. It should be done regularly. So now, these woke people want the organizations and their employees to forget business and profits and keep themselves busy with the constant indoctrination of Western woke ideas about genders. How stupid is this?

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We have already spoken about gender-neutral toilets in our previous article which invades the privacy of biological females where biological males with male genitalia identifying as women are allowed to stand at toilets. So no need to further elaborate on the restroom facilities. The paper says the companies should pay for costly plastic surgeries and sex change operations of their employees and puts out a list of these surgical procedures. Why should a company cover your sex change operation? Is it your parent? There are Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) mandatory statutory payments for corporates that cover for insurance of the employees. Why should corporates waste money on these surgeries? The paper further says that companies should consider special transportation and find secure housing for their LGBTQIA+ employees. The paper ends with examples of several corporates that have adopted such woke practices in their functioning.

 

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If this kind of Woke policy becomes mainstream in the Indian corporate sector, the companies would be busy with things other than their main function, which is to earn profits and contribute towards a better Indian economy. The imposition of these policies is an infringement of the fundamental right of freedom of speech and expression of the employees who do not subscribe to the woke ideas of queer theory. These policies would create more problems given that the Indian corporate sector is already marred by the menace of trade unions. DEI consultants like Parmesh Shahani and the ilk are nothing but elite queer trade unionists whose ‘manifestos’ work as ransom/extortion measures to force their woke ideas on the corporate sector by emotional appeals. Unfortunately, it could result in a win-win situation for the companies to attract funding based on ESG and DEI ratings and for the likes of DEI consultants by minting money by forcing woke ideas on everyone. The biggest losers are employees and potential employees who won’t get to work based on merits, but based on their sexual orientation. These policies would sound the death knell for meritocracy.