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Ethical Consumption

The most effective campaigns to encourage ethical consumption are those that take place at a collective level rather than those that target individual behaviour, a new study finds. The research suggests that ethical consumption is best understood as a political phenomenon rather than simply a market response to consumer demand.

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Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf: Raiffeisenbank startet Ferienspaßprogramm

Im kleinen Alpen-Fürstentum „Liechtenstein“ macht die Raiffeisenbank mit einer gelungenen Idee zur Vereinbarkeit von Beruf und Familie auf sich aufmerksam. Eine der Maßnahmen, der auf Diversity und Chancengleichheit spezialisierten internen Fachstelle „Profil“ sind, die Raiffeisen-Familienferienwochen, die dieses Jahr zum zweiten Mal durchgeführt werden.

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Stillen am Arbeitsplatz? Junge Mütter genießen besonderen Schutz

Deutschland soll familienfreundlicher werden. Doch was passiert, wenn sich berufstätige Frauen für Nachwuchs entscheiden und trotzdem weiterarbeiten wollen? Dürfen sie ihr Baby mit auf die Arbeit nehmen, es am Schreibtisch stillen? In Deutschland ist die besondere Schutzbedürftigkeit der stillenden Mutter am Arbeitsplatz gesetzlich geregelt. Als Grundsatz gilt:

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WORK/LIFE: MANY PROGRAMMES, BUT NO REAL ENCOURAGEMENT

A new survey shows: Companies are aware of the Business Case for Work/Life Balance, but fail to reap the full benefits Leading employers in Europe offer a multitude of measures to enable successful careers under the consideration of private and social requirements: from emergency childcare to paid leave for eldercare to telecommuting. But the desired […]

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Work Life Practices and Work Cultures in Europe – An Analysis of the Prevelance of Programmes and their Utilisation in 115 Companies

Diversity, first developed in business contexts, now enters into the political sphere as well. More and more political departments take over Diversity thoughts and measures. The book “Diversity Management. European Contribution to a Current Debate” edited by Peter Guggemos shows different examples and approaches taken from human resource management.

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The EU proposes flexicurity

The European Commission has published its proposal for the establishment of common principles of flexicurity to promote more and better jobs by combining flexibility and security for workers and companies. On one hand, flexibility ensures workers can move easily into a job, and between jobs.

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European women behind the Americas

European women are less likely to hold legislative or managing positions than their North American and Latin American counterparts, according to a major new released by the International Labour Organization. In the Global Report on Equality at Work 2007 – women representation in these positions, throughout the world, increased to 28.3 percent from 25.5 in […]

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