Diversity and Inclusion
Business strategies and HR practices addressing workplace equity, opportunity and inclusiveness.
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10-17-11
Ashoka Announces the Return of Anamaria Schindler to the Leadership Team
Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, the global organization of leading social entrepreneurs, is thrilled to announce the return of Anamaria Schindler this month, based in Brazil. She joins Diana Wells (President), Sushmita Ghosh (President Emeritus and Ashoka’s Changemakers creator and leader), a...
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10-12-11
ANN INC., Parent Company of Ann Taylor and LOFT, Commits $1.3 Million to Vital Voices Global Partnership to Launch 'ANNpower Vital Voices Initiative' to Build and Empower National Network of Young Women Leaders
/PRNewswire/ - ANN INC. (NYSE: ANN) President and CEO, Kay Krill, joined Vital Voices President and CEO, Alyse Nelson, to officially launch a four-year investment in young women's leadership, the ANNpower Vital Voices Initiative. ANN INC. has committed $1.3 million to this initia...
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10-07-11
No Matter How You "Like" It, 42BELOW(R) Vodka Encourages Everyone to Celebrate National Coming Out Day
/PRNewswire/ - As the world's most awarded vodka, 42BELOW® knows a little something about PRIDE. See, 42BELOW is also a proud supporter of those with PRIDE – no matter how you like it. ...
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10-04-11
Shift Announces Board of Directors
Shift, the new independent, non-profit center for business and human rights practice is pleased to announce the formation of its Board. Chaired by Professor John Ruggie, the former Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Business and Human...
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10-04-11
Christine Bader Joins BSR as Human Rights Advisor
BSR is expanding its human rights practice with the addition of a new advisor: Christine Bader, nonresident senior...
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09-30-11
Equal Exchange Launches 5th Annual Reverse Trick-or-Treat Halloween Drive to End Forced Child Labor in Cocoa Countries
This Halloween children, organizations, and businesses across the U.S. will help children forced to labor on African cocoa farms by participating in the 5th annual “Reverse Trick-or-Treating” campaign. By handing out informational cards along with organic, Fair Trade chocolates from West...
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09-27-11
2020 Women on Boards Releases 2020 Gender Diversity Index
/PRNewswire/ - It's now possible to research gender diversity on the boards of the nation's largest public companies and track this information from year to year, thanks to new research by 2020 Women on Boards. The research, called the 2020 Gender Diversity Index, quantifies gender diversity on t...
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09-15-11
New Partnership to Help West Michigan Businesses Fill Jobs With Skilled Military Veterans
Cascade Engineering and Compass Point Labor Management today announced a new partnership focused on decreasing the unemployment rate of West Michigan's military veterans while providing area employers with skilled and dependable job candidates. The companies' "Armed Forces to Work Forces" initiat...
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08-25-11
Eva Longoria Lends Support to 2011 Toys"R"Us Toy Guide for Differently-Abled Kids(R), Now Available in Toys"R"Us(R) and Babies"R"Us(R) Stores and Online
/PRNewswire/ - For nearly 20 years, Toys"R"Us, Inc. has provided parents, caregivers and gift-givers with reliable toy recommendations for the children with special needs in their lives through the
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08-16-11
Preventing a Clash of Civilizations: The Way Forward
The Caux Round Table (CRT) held its 26th Global Dialogue on July 28th and 29th, 2011 at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C. The theme of the Dialogue was: ”Must there be a Clash of Civilizations?” The theme was chosen to mark the 15th
