In this age of globalisation, widespread diversity in the workforce has given rise to regular intercultural interactions. On paper, the notion of people from different cultures working together ought to facilitate diverse ideas and perspectives, allowing for these ideas and perspectives to spark off one another and generate innovation. The fact is, though, that the creative potential of intercultural interaction is not always realised.
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With global attitudes to race under scrutiny like never before, a practitioner, an academic and the director general of an arbitral institution look at how to improve ethnic diversity in arbitration.
The death of George Floyd in May and subsequent Black Lives Matter protests brought race to the forefront in all walks of life and in the intervening months, lawyers around the world have spoken out about discrimination and the lack of representation in the profession.
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