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24. April 2008 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Strategy & Tools ||
HP published a list with all important suppliers and will establish binding criteria regarding Diversity aspects for its partners around the globe. Thus the company has conducted 400 audits with the most important suppliers worldwide. In the EMEA region HP works closely with the Copenhagen Centre for Corporate Responsibility and the Copenhagen Business School in […]
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24. April 2008 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Policy & Politics ||
On April 17, 2008 a British court ruling decided on the behalf a Muslim road worker who was subject to a 10-month campaign of racial harassment at his former work place at Amey Mouchel’s Motorway in Bescot, Walsall (UK). His three colleagues were each sentenced for three years of prison. According to the judge their […]
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24. April 2008 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Policy & Politics ||
In March the German Institute for labour market research (IAB) published an international report on the qualification standards of immigrants. The report compared the qualification standards of immigrants in countries like Germany, USA, Canada, Australia or United Kingdom. According to the results of the report traditional immigration countries such as Canada (59%), New Zealand (46%) […]
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25. March 2008 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Policy & Politics ||
A German court ruling decided that the Diakonisches Werk, a leading evangelical social welfare organisation in Germany, cannot refuse job applicants on the basis of a non existing church membership if their religion is not a crucial content of their daily work. The court confirmed the verdict in favour of a Turkish German woman who […]
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25. March 2008 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Policy & Politics ||
How best to implement migration and housing policies at the local level will be one of the main questions of an upcoming conference on April 7 in Brussels. The conference ‘European cities integrating migrants’ aims to debate on policies of local governance for integration and access to housing and on personnel policies of local authorities […]
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25. March 2008 || by News Desk || D&I in the Media, Newsletter ||
Understanding other people – their behaviours, their decisions, their communication – can be regarded as one of the most critical elements on the way to unleash the power of Diversity. Over time, experts have developed a variety of models trying to explain some of the differences we observe or experience when dealing with others. Gender […]
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25. March 2008 || by News Desk || D&I in the Media, Newsletter ||
A new EU-wide platform, called Unisys, for networking on integration through exchange about policy and practice, will be launched this year. The project was initiated by the European Commission’s Directorate General for Justice, Freedom and Security and will be developed in partnership with the Migration Policy Group, Social Change Online and Eurocities.
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25. March 2008 || by News Desk || D&I in the Media, Newsletter ||
As part of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008, the Intercultural Cities Conference will closely look at migration, diversity and urban life in the European Union. The conference will not only provide an opportunity for international city leaders and experts to look at how different cultures can live together but how this cultural diversity […]
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25. March 2008 || by News Desk || Business Case, Newsletter ||
The factory manager, Anders Olausson, at Volvo Trucks, received the ‘Competence Award for Diversity Initiatives’ by ‘Manager’, the Swedish management magazine for his work on increasing the proportion of women in Volvo’s Tuve assembly plant in Gothenburg, Sweden. The Tuve factory assembles the company’s heaviest and most complex trucks, and since its inception in 1982 […]
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25. March 2008 || by News Desk || Business Case, Newsletter ||
European companies make progress in preparing for the ageing workforce and show an increased awareness for the shrinking workforce in their countries. These are the key results of the recently published second ‘Demographic Fitness Survey’ by the Adecco Institute. The ‘Demographic Fitness Survey’ was conducted among 2,506 companies in Germany, the UK, France, Italy and […]
Tags: age, english, globality internationality, research
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