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20. September 2011 || by News Desk || Corporate Practice / Strategien und Instrumente, Newsletter ||
Whenever a company starts to take its D&I activities outside its ‘home’ country, a number of new complexities are added to the already existing challenges. The recurring key question in that situation is: How much standards can the global corporate heaquarter set for international units, and how much freedom in adapting or tailoring should it […]
Tags: age, english, ethnicity origin race, gender, globality internationality, inclusion, lgbtqi*, mixed abilities
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20. September 2011 || by News Desk || HR, Newsletter ||
It is still a widespread assumption in some cultures – and quite a few companies – that a person’s sexual orientation does not matter at work and therefore shouldn’t be actively adressed by diversity programmes. Experts, however, know that this resistance typically refers only to non-straight identities as heterosexuality is being made visible and audible […]
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20. September 2011 || by News Desk || HR, Newsletter ||
Stereotypes and role models typically begin to be forged starting with early childhood. In their fight against gender stereotypes and traditional roles of men and women, the Sodermalm district of Stockholm has recently taken quite a radical new step: to foster the equality between the sexes, it funded the Egalia pre-school for children up to […]
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4. July 2011 || by Michael Stuber || HR, Publications ||
Over the many years of our practical work with Diversity, we have found out that the different concepts and elements that are discussed along with ‘Managing Diversity’ are closely related to the cognitive process, and thus the SORA method. We have finally, in 2009, come to redefine Diversity as The Propelling Potential Principle, through which […]
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18. June 2011 || by News Desk || Diversity in the Media, Newsletter ||
May 17th marked the 7th annual International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO). Commemorated around the world with positive reactions in many countries, it was also marred by attacks in others, generating intense and diverse press coverage. In line with one common media principle, a large share of the coverage featured the officials who provided […]
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18. June 2011 || by News Desk || Business Case, Newsletter ||
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has announced their diversity strategy for the next four years to come. The new strategy extends to all groups presented in society and its main aim is to develop the organisation to mirror that of its consumers, which entails creating more diversity in its workforce and in its programming. The […]
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13. June 2011 || by Michael Stuber || Corporate Practice / Strategien und Instrumente, Editorial ||
With increased attention from top management, politics and the Media, the work on D&I has become a tougher business. Not so long ago, awareness raising programmes, networking platforms and informational communication were considered effective if they were positively evaluated. Nowadays, expectations for double-digit growth are extended to the representation of women in management, and stakeholders […]
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8. February 2011 || by Michael Stuber || Diversity in the Media, Editorial ||
The recent heated discussions over quota reignited by EU Commission Internal Market & Services Member Barnier reveal the true nature of Diversity: It is an emotional, personal and political issue in any sense of the words. Forget about the former choice of ‘social’ or ‘economic’ approaches. We are (finally) down to the pure power play […]
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12. November 2010 || by News Desk || Diversity in the Media, Newsletter ||
According to a survey conducted by the French organisation Liberation and the economists from the University of Evry, Thierry Laurent and Ferhat Mihoubi, being gay in the workplace has an effect on wages. In the first French study of its kind, the report shows that gay men earn 6.5% less than their heterosexual colleagues in […]
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1. September 2010 || by News Desk || Diversity in the Media, Newsletter ||
HALDE is now offering an Anti-discrimination eLearning tool (in French) for Employers and the general public. The Employer eLearning tool focuses on those highly involved in the success of Diversity work in a company, such as HR employees or directors who are in key positions on antidiscrimination work.
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