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.
Laut einer Studie, die der IT-Dienstleister Computacenter gemeinsam mit dem Meinungsfor-schungsinstitut TNS Emnid durchgeführt hat, ist Informatik bei der Berufswahl von Jugendli-chen nicht einmal mehr dritte Wahl. Obwohl die IT-Branche verzweifelt nach Nachwuchs sucht und die Jugendlichen das auch wissen, kann sich nur rund ein Drittel der 750 Befragten vorstel-len, in einem IT-Beruf zu arbeiten.
Laut einer Befragung von 3.600 weiblichen und männlichen Führungskräften mittlerer und grö-ßerer Unternehmen in 18 Ländern sind es insbesondere Frauen, die bereit sind, sich für ihre Kar-riere stärker einzusetzen. Die Studie „Untapped Potential: Stretching Toward the Future“ von Accenture geht den Motivationen und Hürden im Arbeitsalltag nach. 80 Prozent der Frauen sind bereit, anspruchsvollere Aufgaben […]
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 […]
BT has announced its new, four-year title sponsorship of the BT Paralympic World Cup. The BT Paralympic World Cup is the largest annual international multi-sport competition in elite disability sport, and takes place from 20-25 May 2009 in Manchester. BT Group Marketing and Brand Director Suzi Williams said,
Although women may have difficulties breaking through the glass ceilings of big business, they are beginning to take charge in the Public Sector. Within the recent months alone, the first female Minister of Saudi Arabia and the first female and openly lesbian Prime Minister of Iceland were appointed. In the case of Saudi Arabia, appointing […]
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 […]
