> Common sense states that it's okay to talk about politics insofar as it relates to workplace productivity.
I don't think this is a sensible idea or common sense.
The problem with it is that it's fine as long as science shows our ideal workplace environment as more productive or superior. We can say things like "diverse working environments increase productivity" and act backed by those facts.
Problem is that it's not really guaranteed that the mechanisms science might suggest in the future actually do support our ideal workplace conditions.
Do we then act on those productivity enhancing ideas as well, even in cases in which they are against our ideals? Would we embrace racism or ageism in the name of productivity?
To me normalizing (allegedly) neutral arguments based on productivity feels like a dangerous shortcut.
I don't think this is a sensible idea or common sense.
The problem with it is that it's fine as long as science shows our ideal workplace environment as more productive or superior. We can say things like "diverse working environments increase productivity" and act backed by those facts.
Problem is that it's not really guaranteed that the mechanisms science might suggest in the future actually do support our ideal workplace conditions.
Do we then act on those productivity enhancing ideas as well, even in cases in which they are against our ideals? Would we embrace racism or ageism in the name of productivity?
To me normalizing (allegedly) neutral arguments based on productivity feels like a dangerous shortcut.