4. Diversity in the workforce fosters innovation and competitiveness in business. Studies consistently show that diversity drives innovation and fosters creativity. In a Forbes survey, 85 percent of respondents
said diversity is crucial for their businesses, and approximately 75 percent indicated that their companies
will put more focus during the next three years to leverage diversity to achieve their business goals.

2pointsread this excerpt from the beginning of nikolai gogol's "the nose": on the 25th march, 18-, a very strange occurrence tookplace in st petersburg.which option best explains why gogol chose to begin his story in this way? oa. to let readers know that the story that follows is nonfictionb. to explain that information in the story is factual and correctooc. to immediately establish a straightforward and matter-of-facttoneod. to allow readers to better imagine what st. petersburg looks likesubmit