The business case view
Jeremy continues on his theme that if employers wish to take disability employment seriously then a perspective view is necessary.
In this third of four podcasts produced by Lois Strachan, Jeremy Opperman explores the business case for disability inclusion as the third part of his trinocular view model.
Moving away from the other two views or lenses , the legislative compliance view and the human rights view, Jeremy states that the business case is a far more positive and practical element to the equation, and should therefore be accepted with much more alacrity.
Firstly, he points out that in a macro sense, it makes far more economic sense to have more people with disabilities, particularly those with skills and experience to be appropriately employed, rather than the wide spread tendency to not employ at all or to under employ them.
Using many anecdotes and case studies, Jeremy illustrates how important it is that people with disability are recognised as consumers as well and that treating people as equal economic citizens makes business “cents”.