Wenn Jan Eric Hellbusch im Internet surft, ist die brabbelnde Blechstimme seines Computers immer mit dabei. Bewegt er den Cursor per Tastatur über eine Grafik, stößt sein Rechner monotone Roboterlaute aus und erklärt, was sich hinter der Bilddatei verbirgt. Jeden Tastendruck erzählt die Stimme penibel genau nach. Wenn die Sprachgeschwindigkeit schnell eingestellt ist, hört sich […]
Wie fühlen sich Homosexuelle am Arbeitsplatz? Hat sich die Akzeptanz von Schwulen und Lesben in deutschen Unternehmen in den letzten zehn Jahren deutlich verändert? Wie ist es um den Industriestandort Deutschland bestellt, wenn es um Offenheit gegenüber der sexuellen Orientierung der MitarbeiterInnen geht? Vom 1. September bis 31. Oktober 2006 hatte der Kölner Psychologiestudent Dominic […]
The European Stability Initiative (ESI) launched a report on gender equality in Turkey last week. The report, “Sex and power in Turkey” claims that gender equality in Turkey is largely a popular myth. The country scores poorly in global league tables on gender equality.
The Danish economy is losing steam because of a lack of manpower. With this period full employment, gains have become increasingly difficult to attain; figures released this month point to GNP growth rate of just 1.8 percent for the year.
From this year on Norwegian law requires publicly listed corporations to have at least 40 percent women on their boards of directors. The legislation was actually introduced in 2003, but gave companies five years to bring more women onto their boards with a January 1, 2008 deadline. According to the law, companies that failed to […]
The National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommended that employers should support the government’s strategy of improving the nation’s health by helping their staff to give up smoking. It estimated that a business with 20 workers – of whom typically five would smoke – could spend £66 helping staff to quit, and make an overall […]
At a recent forum looking at the role of Saudi women in the year 2020, it was clear that women have an important role to play in the future of Saudi Arabia. In her keynote address, Princess Adelah bint Abdullah ibn Abdul Aziz stressed the importance of women’s empowerment and cautioned that the country will […]
Traditionally bullying and harassment have been associated with disability, race and gender, among others. However the setting of unreasonable and unrealistic targets can also be construed as bullying or harassment; the abuse of power at the expense of an individual.
A Danish study, supported by the Integration Ministry, has found that many immigrants in the workplace have problems interpreting the less concrete communication forms used by their Danish colleagues. Danish workplace culture is often difficult for employees of foreign background to understand, and their unknowing failure to follow accepted behaviours can discourage them. The study […]
Das Kaufpotenzial von Schwulen wird auf 1,3 Millionen geschätzt, verlautet das Magazin Business in der aktuellen Ausgabe. „Eine Zielgruppe im Dornröschenschlaf“, heißt es da weiter.
