ethnicity origin race
2. December 2016 || by Michael Stuber || Diversity in the Media, Editorial ||
While the Internet jokes about seemingly silly populist media statements, the successes of simplistic, fact-free campaigns continue to horrify experts, including D&I stakeholders. However, the impact of accelerating post-truth dynamics on D&I is largely underestimated as is the responsibility of Media and ourselves.
Tags: english, ethnicity origin race, holistic, inclusion, lgbtqi*
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29. November 2016 || by Diversity Team || Corporate Practice / Strategien und Instrumente, Newsletter ||
What if you could add one sentence to an introductory email in order to bring minority candidates to the same pass rate in an online test as non-minority applicants? If it sounds literally incredible, find out what the British ‘Nudge Unit’ did in police recruitment.
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31. October 2016 || by Diversity Team || Corporate Practice / Strategien und Instrumente, Marketing ||
One of the world’s largest digital travel companies extends their commitment to Inclusion and Respect to all their 640,000 hosts and 2.3 million users. With this, Airbnb is maybe having – in terms of sheer numbers – the largest impact on global citizens ever.
Tags: english, ethnicity origin race, holistic
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16. August 2016 || by Diversity Team || Corporate Practice / Strategien und Instrumente, Culture & Leadership, Newsletter ||
Including shift workers in D&I programmes, addressing Unconscious Biases practically with management teams and integrating Diversity in HR-tools and in everyday work reality. What sounds like a miracle agenda happened at Johnson & Johnson in Switzerland, within a space of two years.
Tags: age, english, ethnicity origin race, gender, german
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3. August 2016 || by Diversity Team || Newsletter, Politics ||
It took many years until the issue of discrimination against Roma, Sinti and members of travelling communities was acknowledged as a Pan-European phenomenon. In a new report, the European Commission assesses progress against the 2013 Council Recommendation on effective Roma integration measures. Companies could contribute as part of their Diversity work.
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12. July 2016 || by Diversity Team || Newsletter, Not-for-Profit ||
In early summer, four expert visits within the Intercultural Cities (ICC) programme of the Council of Europe took place to the Jordanian cities of Sahab, Wasitiyah, Zarqa and Amman to test a new methodology within the ICC network: the Asset-Based Community Development. Diversity practitioners would call it a self-help programme for municipalities.
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8. July 2016 || by Diversity Team || Corporate Practice / Strategien und Instrumente, Newsletter ||
Gender and other stereotypes are formed during childhood. Therefore, toys and emojis that promoted traditional roles or assumptions have been criticised for long. Now, several new developments occur.
Tags: ethnicity origin race, gender, german, mixed abilities
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14. April 2016 || by Diversity Team || HR, Newsletter, Politics ||
Members of white majority groups sometimes find it difficult to believe that a darker skin colour could change your experience in many areas of life. Therefore, robust data on prevailing bias and discrimination is important. A recent ENAR shadow report provides new insight in the situation in Europe.
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23. February 2016 || by Michael Stuber || Editorial, Newsletter ||
Learning about differences can be tricky as it may well lead to putting (groups of) people in boxes. ‘Men are from Mars’ is one example for the stereotyping risk, and many traditional cultural models fostered categorisation – even in categories that did not exist before. Exploring the realities of cultures as they exist is an […]
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5. February 2016 || by Diversity Team || Business Case, Newsletter, Politics ||
A current study by International Alert shows that pupils from different backgrounds view each other more positively when they learn together in mixed classes compared to those studying separately. The finding is particularly relevant with regard to the stereotype reduction effect it shows which is relevant in many everyday workplace situations and for segregated education […]
Tags: english, ethnicity origin race, research
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