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. […]
It was the first municipal election in 36 years in Hebron, and this is not the only remarkable fact. For the first time ever, a list of eleven women, with a number of different backgrounds including journalism, engineering or business ran for the City Parliament of the Western Bank Town.
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, […]
A new anti-discrimination practices database will be launched in November 2012 by the Dutch knowledge centre on discrimination Art.1. The new tool, which was realised in co-operation with MOVISIE, offers an overview and concise information on various anti-discrimination practices in the Netherlands aimed at combating discrimination and/or the promotion of equal treatment. The practices have […]
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 […]
Als Reaktion auf die steigende Bewerberzahl aus dem Bereich der öffentlichen Arbeitsgeber beinhaltet die diesjährige Ausschreibung des Max-Spohr-Preises erstmals eine eigene Kategorie für den Public Sector. Mit Blick auf die unterschiedlichen Personalführungs- und –politikansätze stehen den Bewerbern dieses Bereichs erstmalig ein entsprechend abgewandelter Fragebogen zur Verfügung.
Das Medium des ‚Kuratorium Deutsche Altenhilfe‘ (KDA) erkundet Diversity als potenzial- orientierten Ansatz. Konzepte zur Gestaltung des Alterns von Belegschaften, Märkten und der Gesellschaft gewinnen aufgrund der demografischen Verhältnisse zunehmend an Bedeutung. Als Fachautor beschreibt Michael Stuber in der aktuellen Ausgabe des Magazins ProAlter auf fünf Seiten die Potenziale der systematischen Gestaltung von Generationenvielfalt durch […]
Was zunächst als unterhaltsame Plattform zur Selbstdarstellung gemeint war, ist zu einer der wichtigsten Suchmaschinen im Internet geworden. Millionen Menschen benutzen YouTube täglich, um eine Vielzahl von Informationen zu finden, nicht nur die neuesten Witz-Videos. Bislang fehlte dort ein zentraler Beitrag zu Diversity in Europa und endlich ist ein solcher auf YouTube abrufbar.
