21^st Century Engineering Workplace: How an Inclusive Culture can deliver Innovation and Value

Women and minority groups are still only minimally represented in most engineering workplaces. This is a loss-loss situation which disadvantages these workplaces, engineering as a whole, and the wider society by not taking advantage of all the available talent and reducing the potential for innovation. It also disadvantages women and minority groups who are largely excluded from an interesting profession. Changing this and bringing the engineering profession into the 21^st century and beyond will require changes in the culture of the workplace to ensure all members of society are comfortable and can bring their true self to work. This paper looks at how equality, diversity and inclusion in the engineering workplace are understood and what it means to be truly inclusive. It asks can narratives in ethics and engineering EDI inform future practices. It illustrated how an inclusive culture can enable innovation engineering solutions and as a result, tangible value to engineering companies.