Stereotyping always encompasses the danger of offending people, because generalisations about certain groups never describe individuals within those groups correctly. Unfortunately stereotypes are a common stylistic device in ads, even if companies should already have learnt their lessons from bad examples and online protests by clients.
Some voices criticize the different national Diversity Charters for allowing companies to âgreen washâ their image by simply signing a document without really engaging in Diversity-Programmes. In order to make life more difficult for those free riders the French Diversity Charter interviews its members on an annual basis, last time in autumn 2013. Now the […]
Courage, persistence and a good portion of innovative potential â being self-employed demands certain features, especially within an economy witnessing unemployment rates up to 25%. The Spanish labour market was severely affected by the worldwide economic crisis and all those Spaniards owning their own businesses were even more endangered, struggling alone against the crisis. In […]
The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) published a discussion paper on presumable answers to biased Gender perceptions that still hinder talented men and especially women to show their abilities and follow their individual career path. The report starts by mentioning the numerous stereotypes, like
The need for clear leadership, including sense making, direction (and target) setting and role modelling has been found critical for the success of Diversity initiatives in many studies. To date, however, the CEOsâ perspectives have not been examined by research: how do they justify the slow pace of change and what drivers for gender equality […]
The Swedish government considers forcing corporate boards to appoint more women after finding voluntary programmes failed to bring about greater gender equality. The Swedish Minister of Finance, Anders Borg, announced a one-year-deadline for all companies to modify their recruitment processes. If gender equality will not improve within this period, Sweden will âgradually move towards being […]
Flexible working is one of the bestselling employment features companies can offer their employees as an increasing amount of surveys demonstrates. Flexible employers score higher on the labour markets and can more easily attract the right talent. However, the reality still holds a lot of room for improvement, the new Working Families report âTime, Health […]
The Republic of South Africa was the first country to ban discrimination based on all the core dimensions of Diversity, gender, race, age, disability, religion and sexual orientation, not just in the Civil Code but in their Constitution. This is one of the many enduring elements supporting diversity, respect and inclusion which the grand personality […]
The past 50 years have changed the relations between both genders a lot. Along the way, women had to demand their equal share in society, economics and politics, and this so-called emancipation has brought a lot of positive aspects for everyone. But the term emancipation is used as combat term at times, and some men […]
Credit Suisse has launched a LGBT Equality Index, making it “the first index to track the equity performance of companies with LGBT-friendly policies,” according to the bank’s announcement. The pursuit of profit is not the only reason for the new index. The bank also wants to raise awareness for the need to recognise sexual minorities […]
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