For the second time, the Spanish Diversity Foundation recognised employers in different categories for their D&I work. The award-type ceremony formed part of a larger event that also included a Social Responsibility label and the signing of the Diversity Charter.
For twenty years, D&I was demanding inclusive behaviour and high ethical standards from dominant groups while running programmes for women and minorities. The analysis shows that this has to be reversed: D&I leaders should role model their ideals and work a lot more with the mainstream majority.
D&I is stuck in routine, generic strategies and a copy-and-paste mentality. This analysis shows how a lack of relevance to the business and too much regulation is limiting the scope and impact of Diversity. A new business focus can bring back the change into D&I and unleash intrinsic energy.
It felt as if overnight many achievements of 20 years of D&I work were ruined when nationalistic and post-truth campaigns received support and were partially successful. A root cause analysis shows how badly managed globalisation and virtualisation led to fragile communities. D&I has the power to offer an alternative – but for that, it needs […]
A new report by ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) Middle East has found that a majority of finance professionals believe their sector or function should be leading the way in improving the rate of gender diversity across the GCC region. However, the numbers do not suggest they will any time soon.
Religious diversity in the workplace receives increasing attention in Europe. While the topic is often considered either taboo, a question of personal values or a challenge of compatibility, practical ways to reconcile a secular vision of the workplace and respect of diversity and personal religious choices are becoming more common.
What is taken for granted in many advertising campaigns triggered controversial reactions at Lidl in the Czech Republic: a dark-skinned model in an advertising flyer. The discounter reacted cool and relaxed to racist comments and was supported by politicians and the public.
Featuring female drivers in car advertisements is rare while it could attract more attention than the standard setting of ‘him sitting in the driver seat’. Similarly, some iconic marketing figures are implicitly assumed male. Both was challenged by Audi and Lidl respectively – but ‘only’ for special Christmas campaigns.
In a keynote address at the World D&I Congress in Mumbai, India, the International D&I pioneer, Michael Stuber, will outline key issues for Diversity & Inclusion in the future. His analysis “Who Are We?” shows that a new era is beginning for D&I, and what it will take for all of us to be successful.
Providing managers with a personal experience of what it might feel like to live with a disability – this was the idea of two Challenges, which the financial services firm EY held at their UK headquarters.
