Radio interviewer: Tell me, Mr. Griffin: are diversity risks really still an issue? Aren’t companies these days dealing with diversity? Alan Griffin: Oh yes, they are very much an issue. We have come a long way since those days when employers were allowed to discriminate against job candidates just because of their race or their sex. The trouble is, the boundaries of diversity and discrimination are widening. Companies have a lot more to consider than a person’s skin colour or a person’s gender. Radio interviewer: So, can you give listeners an example of what kind of things you are referring to here? Alan Griffin: Okay, let’s see, well, one growing area of discrimination is ageism. In 1998, companies in the United States had to pay out more than fifty-five million dollars to employers who had filed age related discrimination complaints against their companies. That’s a lot of money. Radio interviewer: Phew, so how should companies protect themselves from this kind of thing? Alan Griffin: Well, first of all they should think carefully about their recruitment policies and then they should take out insurance to cover themselves.