In response the current financial crisis, Ernst & Young has released a report that addresses the vast economic potential of women as an economic force. The report analyses an extensive body of research which shows that women make significant and proven contributions to business and economic growth. Within the report, Ernst & Young discusses that
On 31 March, the EU telecommunications ministers concluded that the internet should be made more accessible to older people and people with disabilities. An accessible information society should aim at facilitating access to websites and other ICT-tools to all citizens in Europe. The Ministers agreed that
In March 2009, the European Commission launched an EU-wide campaign to help tackle the gender pay gap. Across the EU economy, women earn on average 17.4% less than men. The simple concept of ‘equal pay for work of equal value’ is at the heart of the campaign being launched raise awareness of the pay gap, […]
IBM is improving Work/Life balance for IBM employees with children by offering a collection of easy to implement ideas from the International Step by Step Association’s (ISSA) ‘Opening Magic Doors’ Activity Kits. This project addresses one of the primary concerns of IBM employees and parents everywhere – the need to
March 8th, 2009 marked the 98th International Women’s Day. The concept of this commemorative day began in 1910 at the second International Conference of Working Women in Copenhagen. Clara Zetkin, leader of the ‘Women’s Office’ for the Social Democratic Party in Germany, tabled the idea of an International Women’s Day and proposed that there should […]
Following in the steps of France, Belgium and Germany, Spain has announced a charter for Diversity. The “Charter de la Diversidad” is a commitment to the principles of social integration and non-discrimination which aims to improve and enhance the collaboration of various cultures and diverse peoples.
For the ninth year, DiversityInc has released The DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity® list. This year, 11 specialty lists are also provided including the Top 10 Companies for Recruitment & Retention, Top 10 Companies for Supplier Diversity, Top 10 Companies for Executive Women and 25 Noteworthy Companies (companies that are close to earning spots […]
The Business Case for Diversity through 90 Empirical Studies For the first time, a comprehensive compendium of international studies on the added value of Diversity & Inclusion has been published. The International Business Case Report (IBCR) is now available from ‘European Diversity Research & Consulting’, Cologne (Germany). “Especially in tough times, organisations need this kind […]
„Weltpremiere – Lesbe wird Regierungschefin in Island.“, titelte Welt-Online, als Jóhanna Si-gurðardóttir die erste Regierungschefin Islands wurde. Nach Bildung einer Minderheitsregierung aus Sozialdemokraten und Linksgrünen tritt Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir ihr Amt in äußerst schweren Zeiten an. Island und seine ca. 320.000 EinwohnerInnen sind schwer von der Finanzkrise betrof-fen.
Diversity und Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) bieten Unternehmen zukunftsorientierte Möglichkeiten, die Arbeitgeberattraktivität zu steigern. „Die Ansätze müssen jedoch eigenständig und gleichzeitig vernetzt umgesetzt werden, damit sie optimal wirken“ lautet die zentrale Botschaft von Michael Stuber in seinem aktuellen Beitrag für die Personalwirtschaft.
