they are tackled successfully and contribute to all three criteria remains intuitively
appealing. Moreover, our results do not deny the possibility that even short-term
economic eVects might be more pronounced were more employers to adopt this
holistic approach. But, in the absence of such evidence, we should avoid getting
entrenched on the business case terrain as it encourages the mindset that issues of
equality, fair treatment, and work–non-work conXict only need to be addressed
insofar as they have immediate eVects on company proWts.
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