I am working with a company in the arts industry and their professional body want them to add a question to their EO Monitoring Form, and report on, employee's parents' occupation when the employee was 14 years of age. They are trying to monitor if art and cultural organisations are fully inclusive by reviewing the social demography of students and employees in artistic roles.
Instinctively, this question feels inappropriate, so I was wondering if anyone else has come across something similar and how they resolved the matter - In addition of course to hearing your views on the approach the professional body is taking to achieve its objective.
Many thanks
Sheryl