Talent und Leistungsbereitschaft sollen sich unabhängig von Herkunft und Status entfalten kön-nen und eine Gesellschaft bereichern. Das ist das zentrale Ziel des Schülerstipendienprogramms „START“. Seit 2002 fördert das von der Gemeinnützigen Hertie-Stiftung ins Leben gerufene Projekt begabte und engagierte Jugendliche mit Migrationshintergrund.
In February, the Czech non-governmental organization Z§vůle práva opened a helpline for Roma as part of the “Ma den pes!” (Don’t give in!) project. The goal of the helpline is to provide guidance and advice to people who have been the victims of major crimes and discrimination in the Czech Republic, particularly Roma victims. In […]
New numbers show that the percentage of females within top management levels of major German companies has reach a low plateau. From a Hoppenstedt corporate data base analysis, women in German top management sank from 7.46 percent in 2006 to 5.65 percent in 2007. By the end of 2008, the percentage had barely risen to […]
Anywhere from 10 to 15 percent of the annual bonuses of more than 16,000 Sodexo managers is tied to meeting diversity objectives. For the executive team, 25 percent of their annual bonuses is tied to diversity performance — and is paid regardless of the company’s financial performance. Rohini Anand, senior vice president and global chief […]
Pepsi Bottling has created one of the most diverse boards, in terms of gender and ethnicity, of any company in the Fortune 500 with four women, one of them Hispanic; one African-American man; and one Mexican man among its 10 members. Eric J. Foss, chairman and chief executive of the Pepsi Bottling Group, sat down […]
Between autumn 2007 and spring 2008, a series of national training seminars were financed by the European Commission and carried out in all EU Member States, Turkey, Norway and Iceland. 1100 participants from NGOs and nearly 300 participants from trade unions were trained in national non-discrimination seminars, raising awareness and understanding of national legislation and […]
This European Commission released guide explains the current issues of today’s family and working policies and offers best practices and approaches to support work-life balance with European Structural Funds (ESF). These funds have already financed over 2,5 billion Euros for campaigns to reconcile work and family life and for the promotion of female employment.
Im Dezember erhielt die Ford-Werke GmbH den ersten Preis im Wettbewerb „Kulturelle Vielfalt am Arbeitsplatz“. Ausgezeichnet wurde insbesondere der ganzheitliche Ansatz, alle sichtbaren und unsichtbaren Unterschiede sämtlicher MitarbeiterInnen wertzuschätzen. Seit 1996 ist bei Ford die Förderung des Diversity-Gedankens ein fester Bestandteil der Firmenpolitik.
The title of this book cannot capture the breadth and width of valuable information that is contained within its pages. Although hefty, at almost 600 pages in length and organized in three sections, this comprehensive and finely-tuned book shares a wealth of wisdom for the international businessperson of the 21st century.
In December, major African and European universities, higher education experts and Erasmus Mundus Alumni students gathered for the first time to examine ways to strengthen links between higher education institutions in Africa and Europe and increase the mobility of students, researchers and teachers between the two continents. During the conference, participants sought to find
