Felix Wittig, head of communications at Ungleich Besser Diversity Consulting, is experiencing the world’s diversity for himself during a six-month around-the-world sabbatical. Every month, he shares his experiences with EMEA Diversity readers.
Al Jazeera, a well-known Arabic-language news network operating from Doha (Quatar), has started an English-speaking programme in mid-November. The news channel first gained international attention after the September 11 terrorist attacks because they broadcasted videos of Osama bin Laden.
According to a recent study by The World Economic Forum, men and women are less equal in Switzerland, France and Italy than in countries like Jamaica, Sri Lanka or South Africa. Focussing on female chances in economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, political empowerment and health, the WEF ranked Switzerland 25th, France 70th and Italy […]
After former British foreign secretary Jack Straw revealed that he asked female constituents to remove the niqab during interviews with him, a heated debate was started in Great Britain about a possible ban of the veil in public – a similar law has been created by the Dutch Government before.
ClientLogic, a leading global business process outsourcing (BPO) provider in the customer care and back office processing industries, has been awarded with the “Frost & Sullivan Customer Service Leadership Award” for having developed its own EMEA Resource Optimisation Centre (EROC) and for its ability to expand customer and employee relationships beyond conventional industry norms.
Mona Lau, Global Head of Diversity at UBS, received the prestigious Chairman’s Award for „Entrepreneurial Leadership“ at UBS this year. According to UBS, the reasons for this decision were that „Mona has demonstrated energy, drive and commitment in advancing UBS’s diversity agenda globally with increasing success.
Glod is a quiet and poor village in the Carpatian mountains. This year, the Romanian village became the set for British Comedian Sasha Baron Cohen, also known as „Borat“, who starts his „Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan“ in the fictional village of „Kuczek“. His home is portrayed as being […]
Vier große deutsche Unternehmen haben eine gemeinsame Diversity-Charta unterzeichnet. Vertreter von DaimlerChrysler, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche BP und Deutsche Telekom signierten im Bundeskanzleramt das Dokument unter dem Titel „Diversity als Chance“.
Vier deutsche Großkonzerne haben gemeinsam Position für Diversity bezogen: DaimlerChrysler, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Telekom und Deutsche BP unterzeichneten am 13. Dezember in Ber-lin eine Diversity-Charta. Unter dem Motto „Diversity als Chance“ wollen die vier Großkonzerne im nächsten Jahr 150 weitere Unternehmen davon überzeugen, sich ebenfalls dieser öffentlichen Selbstverpflichtung für mehr Vielfalt und Einbeziehung anzuschließen. Die […]
Als Stolperstein wird sie verschrien, mehr Bürokratie drohe und zu weniger Neueinstellungen werde sie führen: Die deutsche Umsetzung der EU-Antidiskriminierungsrichtlinien liegt vielen deutschen Unternehmen schwer im Magen. Der Blick in andere europäische Länder zeigt jedoch, dass die Umsetzung der Richtlinien praktizierbar ist und der Wirtschaft Vorteile bringen kann.
