After 20 years of Diversity Management, the list of standard, must-have programmes has become longer and longer, while the search for best practices – in the true sense of the word – has become tough. For one part, we should be glad about this development as it illustrates that D&I is now much more common […]
As a consequence of Barilla’s chairman, Guido Barilla, making homophobic statements during a live interview the concrete damage of his words become evident. He said he would “never do [a commercial] with a homosexual family” and if gays did not like this, they could buy somebody else’s pasta.. Since then,
The annual International Women’s Day is an excellent opportunity to raise awareness for positive developments, best-practices and still persisting barriers in the field of Gender. In March 2014, more than 1,300 events were organised by companies, women’s groups, schools, governments, charities and individuals from all around the world, showing the richness and creativity of the […]
Presumably few big companies operating in the EMEA region would deny women the talent to lead a company or serve as a CEO. In fact, most companies are verbally active in the field of gender equality, in some countries additionally stimulated by quotas.
Less chances to get a job, lower wages, fewer career perspectives and harassment – discrimination in employment has many faces across Europe. According to a new report by the European Network against Racism (ENAR), ethnic or religious minorities are systematically disadvantaged in European countries. So called third-country nationals, Muslims, Roma, people of colour and especially […]
Der Film „Gold – Du kannst mehr als du denkst“ erzählt die bewegenden Lebensgeschichten dreier außergewöhnlicher Menschen und Spitzensportler: Henry Wanyoike, blinder Marathonläufer aus Kenia, Kirsten Bruhn, querschnittgelähmte Schwimmerin aus Deutschland, und Kurt Fearnley, australischer Rennrollstuhlfahrer. Ein Jahr wurden die drei Sportler von einem Filmteam des Regisseurs Michael Hammon bei ihrer Vorbereitung auf die Paralympics […]
Nach der jahrelangen Quotendebatte über Frauen in Spitzenpositionen kann wohl niemand mehr behaupten, nichts über diese Diskrepanz zu wissen. Ob es allerdings eine politische Frage der Teilhabe sein sollten, Frauen einen angemessenen Anteil von Positionen „zu geben“ oder eine wirtschaftlich sinnvolle Maßnahme wäre, dies über faire und transparente Prozesse zu erreichen, darüber streiten sich weiterhin […]
Stereotyping always encompasses the danger of offending people, because generalisations about certain groups never describe individuals within those groups correctly. Unfortunately stereotypes are a common stylistic device in ads, even if companies should already have learnt their lessons from bad examples and online protests by clients.
Some voices criticize the different national Diversity Charters for allowing companies to “green wash” their image by simply signing a document without really engaging in Diversity-Programmes. In order to make life more difficult for those free riders the French Diversity Charter interviews its members on an annual basis, last time in autumn 2013. Now the […]
This event is one of Europe’s longest running focused Diversity & Inclusion seminars. It brings together many of the world’s leading minds in the area of diversity and HR. Everyday practitioners and C-level/ Board level representatives, authors and professors from some of the world’s most recognized companies and institutions in driving innovation and effective thinking […]
