Diversity and Inclusion
Business strategies and HR practices addressing workplace equity, opportunity and inclusiveness.
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04-25-08
Cox Communications Ranked Sixth on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity(R) List
ATLANTA, GA - April 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Cox Communications announced today that its ongoing efforts to continuously improve the inclusiveness of its workplaces and to celebrate diversity have led to great strides in its success with the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Dive...
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04-23-08
ChoicePoint(R) Nonprofit Audit Finds Five Percent of Applicants Have Prior Criminal Convictions
ALPHARETTA, GA, April 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Every day, 144 individuals with criminal records seek employment or a volunteer opportunity with a nonprofit, according to a background screening audit conducted by ChoicePoint, a leading provider of background screening...
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04-12-08
Verité Completed Successful Consultative Meeting on Strengthening Child Labor Protection in West African Cocoa Farming
London, UK "“ April 12, 2008 - Verité, the US-based nonprofit that provides solutions to labor abuses worldwide through innovative corporate social responsibility, held a landmark conference in London last week to explore ways to ensure that independent verification further ...
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04-11-08
ING USFS and Nissan Motor Initiatives Honored With the 2008 Catalyst Award
NEW YORK, NY (April 9, 2008) "“ Catalyst today presented the 2008 Catalyst Award for initiatives that advance women in the workplace to ING U.S. Financial Services (USFS) and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Both award-winning initiatives are from companies...
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03-31-08
NAMIC Upgrades Senior Management Positions
NEW YORK, NY "“ March 31/PRNewswire/- The National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC), today announced that effective April 1, 2008, the trade organization’s Director level staff positions: Director of Education; Director of Marketing and Communication...
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03-14-08
Verite Convenes Consultative Meeting in Efforts to Eliminate Child Labor in West African Cocoa Farming
LONDON, UK - March 14, 2008 - Verité, the US-based nonprofit that provides solutions to labor abuses worldwide through innovative corporate social responsibility, is convening a landmark one-day consultative meeting called "Why Verify? Making Cocoa Verification Count," in Lo...
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03-12-08
International Finance Corporation and United Nations Release Study of Human Rights and Investment Contracts
Washington, D.C. - March 12, 2008 "“ International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Representative on Business and Human Rights (SRSG), Professor John Ruggie of Harvard University, released today a consultation draft of the researc...
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03-11-08
UPS Expands Supplier Diversity Program to Include LGBT-Owned Businesses
ATLANTA - March 11, 2008 "“ UPS (NYSE: UPS) today announced the expansion of its award-winning supplier diversity process to include lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)-owned businesses through a partnership with the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (...
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03-07-08
The National Job Fair & Training Expo Does More for Diversity in the Workplace With the Addition of a New Partner: DiversityCareers.ca
TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 03/07/08 -- The National Job Fair & Training Expo is pleased to announce that DiversityCareers.ca joins as partner for the 2008 spring and fall editions in Toronto.
The partnership with DiversityCareers.ca, Canada's one-stop-di...
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03-06-08
Turner Awards $1.3 Billion of Contracts to Minority and Women Owned Businesses in 2007
NEW YORK, March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Turner Construction Company, the nation's leading general builder, announced today that it has awarded 3,000 contracts totaling $1.3 billion to minority and women owned business enterprises (M/WBEs) during 2007. This is the third year in a r...
