With UK just mentioning the mere possibility of leaving the EU, the world was reminded of the ever existing gap between the ‘rest of the Empire’ and the ‘most of Europe’. Diversity is just one of the many areas where fundamental cultural differences between the Anglo-Saxon world and other worlds have been existing. And although […]
‘Broad and inclusive’ – experts nowadays agree that the concept of Diversity embraces many if not numerous or even all kinds of differences. But when it comes to concrete implementation and active promotion of distinct dimensions, more or less rigorous choices are being made. A couple of years ago, those choices were made regarding what […]
The European Commission has initiated several Diversity projects since the year 2002. While the biggest push for Inclusion was probably the European Year of Equal Opportunities for All in 2007, one of the current initiatives includes the project “Support for Voluntary Initiatives Promoting Diversity Management in the Workplace”.
After Norway introduced a mandatory 40 percent quota of women on (supervisory) boards of directors for all publicly listed firms, the value of those companies has decreased as a result for several reasons. This is one of the key findings of a study conducted by two US American Finance professors from the University of Michigan. […]
The French government will present legislation on the legalisation of gay marriage these days, the office of Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault proclaimed. According to a spokesman the bill on ‘marriage for all’ would change the definition of marriage in the civil code from the union of ‘a man and a woman’ to the union of […]
93.9% of the EuroStoxx50 companies cover Diversity in their 2011 CSR Reports, 77,6% in their Annual Reports and 94% on the corporate Websites. These are the impressive numbers from the third comprehensive analysis of its kind evaluating corporate communication of European Blue-Chip companies, initiated by European Diversity Research & Consulting.
Even Diversity experts wonder, at times, if and how D&I management works in a Business-to-Business (B2B) environment. One of key arguments – referring to customer diversity – seems to be missing at a first glance. Orange Business Services shows how an international organisation that caters solely to corporate clients can align its implementation with both, […]
For the first time, a study maps the opportunities and obstacles women face in developing their careers in science across the US, the EU, Brazil, South Africa, India, Korea and Indonesia. It was conducted by experts in international gender, science and technology from ‘Women in Global Science & Technology’ and the ‘Organization for Women in […]
This year’s World Development Report (WDR) published by the World Bank is dedicated to Gender Equality. The in-depth economic analysis shows progress and barriers in the process to set out for more gender equality worldwide. For the first time, the World Bank shows a notable shift in attitude towards recognising gender equality as a development […]
Over the last years people with a disability have experienced many improvements in their everyday life and regarding their inclusion. Maybe surprisingly, they have to cope, however, with almost unnoticed barriers in a fast-developing hi-tech area: social networking.
