Politics
17. January 2023 || by Michael Stuber || Corporate Practice / Strategien und Instrumente, Newsletter, Politics ||
Standing up for your case has a long tradition in Diversity. Today, media amplify various forms of activism and DE&I is increasingly perceived as a personalised or political form of engagement – rather than a future-oriented way of supporting organisational priorities. Read about unwanted side-effects of this. DE&I 2023 Trilogy (part 2) The roots of […]
Tags: english, holistic
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8. March 2021 || by Michael Stuber || Editorial, Events, Politics ||
Over recent years, everybody became a diversity expert and ‘good ideas’ are spreading fast – even when they are based on false assumptions or have adverse effects. Also in the gender area people reproduce myths and overlook empirical insight. #IWD2021
Tags: english, gender
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16. July 2020 || by Michael Stuber || Business Case, Marketing, Politics, Publications ||
A new series of articles reframes D&I to shift the focus from special interest groups to large audiences. It was often proclaimed that ‚everyone‘ should be part of D&I and that it is an embedded business topic. Here are three related deep dives.
Tags: english, ethnicity origin race, globality internationality, research
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7. April 2020 || by Michael Stuber || Corporate Practice / Strategien und Instrumente, Editorial, Newsletter, Politics ||
Solidarity everywhere and an incredible boost of flexible working. Many believe that covid-19 causes the long-awaited transformation at work and that key people will feel differently about individual work arrangements in the future. This may be wishful thinking…
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6. June 2019 || by Diversity Team || Newsletter, Not-for-Profit, Politics ||
The European Union is undertaking major steps to provide equally high standards for the integration of work and private life for both men and women. Empirical research and good practice confirm the need to switch from a Dual-Breadwinner to a Dual-Earner-Carer-Model.
Tags: work life navigation
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3. May 2019 || by Diversity Team || Business Case, Marketing, Newsletter, Politics ||
The operator of London’s public transport network, TfL, has banned advertising from eleven countries that breach human (LGBT) rights. The reaction reaches far beyond the individual ‘Brunei case’ and affects global airlines and tourist boards. It raises the question how many more countries could be criticised for other anti-Diversity policies…
Tags: english, lgbtqi*
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29. April 2019 || by Diversity Team || Newsletter, Politics ||
Alongside Fridays for Future and other movements, a new form of generational dispute can be noticed: Young people not feeling that their voices are heard and wanting to break with the past to create their future – by themselves and for themselves.
Tags: age, english, globality internationality
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26. February 2019 || by Michael Stuber || HR, Newsletter, Not-for-Profit, Politics ||
It is not a Public holiday, but a factual one: carnival. It’s hard to imagine a nationwide common state exam on this date. Why then on a high Jewish holiday? How Jewish carnivalists become part of the answer.
Tags: german, religion beliefs
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29. September 2018 || by Diversity Team || Politics ||
It was a surprising opportunity for European Diversity: just a few days after they had presented a D&I vision for Europe in Budapest, the team publicly used their brand-new company logo to communicate a European message to Erdogan’s entourage passing in front of their Cologne offices.
Tags: english, globality internationality
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18. September 2018 || by Diversity Team || HR, Politics ||
European Union Institutions tend to take the high ground when it comes to Gender Equality. The unveiling event for the new 100 and 200 Euro banknotes at the ECB showed how easy an opportunity to show equality is missed and traditional gender clichés are promoted – by the EU itself.
Tags: english, gender
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