Diskriminierung von Konsumenten ist in Deutschland ein weit verbreitetes Phänomen – und zudem weitgehend unbekannt. Nahezu jeder dritte Konsument in Deutschland wird beim Kauf von Produkten und Dienstleistungen benachteiligt oder unangemessen behandelt. Unter den türkischen Konsumenten machen sogar acht von zehn negative Erfahrungen. Diese wirken sich deutlich zu Lasten der jeweiligen Unternehmen aus. Zu diesen […]
The Arab national trade union organisations associated with the ITUC, the so-called global voice of workers worldwide, have decided to launch the process of creating a trade union organisation for the Arab region, using the framework of the ITUC to promote and defend the rights of workers. The purpose of this initiative is to
The work force is aging as baby boomers move toward retirement. By now, one in ten over-65 year olds are still wage-earners. This question has recently been revisited by the Office of National Statistics in the UK (ONS). When they released a report showing that the number of employees older than 65 have reached far […]
The basic question IF Diversity CAN add value in a business organisation has been investigated by many scientific studies. Due to the nature of academic approaches, each study had to focus on selected aspects and found – depending on the chosen approach – different answers. More recent research tried to
Young people do not want quotas but a good Work-Life balance and an individual life design. Those are the key findings of Continental’s 10th representative ‘Continental Student Survey’, conducted in Germany with about 1,000 students. In 2013,
Despite some reservations, French trade unions have signed a new agreement on equality between men and women in the public services in France. This is the concrete outcome of cornerstones, which were discussed during a major conference with all key stakeholders in July 2012. The new framework agreement is a breakthrough for 5 million employees […]
Talent shortages are having a high impact on a company’s ability to meet their clients’ needs. One out of five employers in the EMEA region that are in need of additional talent agree with this statement. This is one of the eye-opening results from the 2013 Talent Shortage Survey conducted by the Manpower Group. Especially […]
Several studies by the headhunting giant Korn/Ferry looked into success factors and strengths of senior executive men and women. One finding may almost sound as an insult, when they say that women ‘are as qualified as men to lead an organization in top executive roles’. Their reports make up for this by showing how women […]
For years, Sweden was considered to be a role model of a social state from a Diversity perspective. The government not only provided immense aids for families or young people, it also had a reputation for a very welcoming immigration policy. However,
Diversity would be nothing without Inclusion. This has been, for some reason, the conviction of D&I practitioners for the past five years. Before that, Diversity, valuing diversity, managing diversity, leveraging diversity were some of the paradigms illustrating different elements needed to create impactful and value-adding frameworks. So, what is the big forward leap of Inclusion […]
