Business Case
28. Oktober 2009 || by News Desk || Business Case, Newsletter ||
For many, retirement will come later than would have a few years ago. Given the economic downturn, more employees in their 60s are delaying retirement for least two to three years, and some are even planning on working beyond 70. Those over 50 who lost 40% or more in investments are about twice as likely […]
Tags: Alter, Internationalität, Sprache Englisch
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28. Oktober 2009 || by News Desk || Business Case, Newsletter ||
Ursula Burns is the first African American woman to lead a major U.S. corporation and the first female CEO to take the reins from another woman. A mechanical engineer by training, Burns has a strong understanding of the business and its challenges. She came to the company as a summer intern in 1980, and joined […]
Tags: Ethnie; Herkunft; Migration; Kultur, Gender, Sprache Englisch
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8. Oktober 2009 || by News Desk || Business Case, Newsletter ||
Seit fast drei Jahren leitet Irene Rosenfeld die Geschäftsführung von Kraft Foods, Amerikas größtem Lebensmittelkonzern und steuert das Unternehmen erfolgreich durch die Rezession. Die vorgelegten Zahlen des zweiten Quartalsbericht übertrafen alle Erwartungen.
Tags: Gender, Inklusion, Sprache Deutsch
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8. Oktober 2009 || by News Desk || Business Case, Newsletter ||
Diskriminierende Äußerungen gegenüber Frauen finden in der Gesellschaft kaum mehr Anklang. Einen finnischen Manager der Automobilbranche haben sie jetzt sogar seinen Job gekostet. Der Verkaufschef von Audi Finnland zog in einem Interview mit einem finnischen Frauenmagazin (!) den sonst nur in sehr spezifischen Umfeldern angebrachten Vergleich zwischen Autos und Frauen und wies konkret auf einige […]
Tags: Alter, Gender, Sprache Deutsch
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3. September 2009 || by News Desk || Business Case, Newsletter ||
The International Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (IGLCC) has released the results of the first International Business Equality Index. The Index is a measurement of the performance of multinational corporations in relation to Diversity & Inclusion issues specifically focusing on LGBT communities in the countries where they operate. The leading corporations are BT Group, […]
Tags: Empirie / Forschung, Gender, Inklusion, Internationalität, LGBTQI*, Sprache Englisch, Work-Life
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3. September 2009 || by News Desk || Business Case, Newsletter ||
Irene Rosenfeld has been busy for almost three years running Kraft, America’s largest food company, and successfully steering the $42 billion (revenues) company through the downturn. She recently helped steer the company into a second-quarter earnings report that beat expectations.
Tags: Gender, Internationalität, Sprache Englisch
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11. August 2009 || by News Desk || Business Case, Newsletter ||
The results of Opportunity Now’s study, ‘Measuring Progress: Meeting Challenges’ states that employers have recognised that Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace will help them weather the recession. Almost three-quarters of organisations (74%) found a link between internal Diversity strategies and employee engagement. Also, 40% of organisations reported improved customer service because of Diversity initiatives […]
Tags: Empirie / Forschung, Inklusion, Internationalität, Sprache Englisch
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11. August 2009 || by News Desk || Business Case, Newsletter ||
This comparative analysis on positive action measures in the European Union, Canada, the United States and South Africa shows that at the EU level, there has been a significant expansion of legislation which provides the basis for activities to prevent and tackle discrimination. In spite of the wealth of legislation supporting the use of positive […]
Tags: Ethnie; Herkunft; Migration; Kultur, Gender, Internationalität, LGBTQI*, Sprache Englisch
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11. August 2009 || by News Desk || Business Case, Newsletter ||
Die Arbeitnehmer tragen den größeren Teil der finanziellen und sozialen Kosten der Wirt-schaftskrise. Vor allem jungen und gering qualifizierten Beschäftigten droht der Arbeitsplatzver-lust und damit das Abgleiten in Armut, so Johannes Giesecke und Philip Wotschack vom Wis-senschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) in ihrem ersten „WZBrief Arbeit“ – einem neuen Service des WZB.
Tags: Alter, Sprache Deutsch, Work-Life
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15. Juni 2009 || by News Desk || Business Case, Newsletter ||
Rund 60 Prozent aller Unternehmen in Deutschland spüren mittlerweile Auswirkungen der Wirt-schaftskrise. Trotzdem geht die deutliche Mehrheit (68 Prozent) davon aus, dass die schwierige kon-junkturelle Entwicklung keinen längerfristigen Einfluss auf die Bedeutung von Familienfreundlichkeit in ihrem Unternehmen haben wird.
Tags: Alter, Gender, Sprache Deutsch, Work-Life
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