Diversity and Inclusion
Business strategies and HR practices addressing workplace equity, opportunity and inclusiveness.
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12-03-08
BSR Expands Factory Women's Health Initiative to Egypt
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12-01-08
Nike's Corporate Social Responsibility Efforts Falling Short?
December 1, 2008 - Here's what struck me in Fortune's recent article on Nike titled, "Citizen Nike" that looks into labor conditions in Nike's supply chain: despite r...
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11-19-08
DiverseCity OnBoard: New Leaders at the Board Table - Maytree Foundation Announces Winners of its Annual Diversity in Governance Awards
TORONTO, CANADA. - November 19, 2008 - For the second year in a row, Maytree Foundation announced and celebrated the winners of its Annual Diversity in Governance Awards at a gala event held Wednesday, November 12. Just as U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, with his A...
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11-12-08
BetterWorld Telecom Answers the Obama Campaign's Call to Provide Critical Functionality to its Communications Infrastructure across Seven Battleground States
WASHINGTON,D.C. - November 12, 2008 "“ With just two weeks left to go until Americans would cast their vote on Election Day, the Obama-Biden Campaign for Change team realized that its communications infrastructure would not be able to withstand the deluge of calls com...
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11-10-08
Fair Factories Clearinghouse Announces Membership Drive to Respond to Company Needs
NEW YORK, NY. - November 10, 2008 "“ The Fair Factories Clearinghouse (FFC) announced the launch of a new membership drive today, with up to 35% savings. The drive responds to industry requests to maximize collaborative and cost saving opportunities in compliance.
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11-10-08
L'Oreal Paris Celebrates Exceptional Women Committed to Community Achievement and Volunteerism with the Third Annual Women of Worth Program
NEW YORK, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- L'Oreal Paris is proud to announce that the voting period for the Women of Worth National Honoree will begin on November 10th and continue through November 24th at www.womenofworth...
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10-31-08
NMSDC Names Johnson Controls "Corporation of the Year"
MILWAUKEE,WI. - October 31, 2008 - The National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) has presented Johnson Controls, Inc. (NYSE: JCI), a global leader in energy efficiency and sustainability, with its "Corporation of the Year" award in recognition of the comp...
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10-31-08
Worker Hotline Service Completes First Year of Promoting Better Workplace Conditions
NEWTON, MA. - October 31, 2008 - Clear Voice, a confidential communication hotline for workers, has successfully completed its first year of operations in Latin America and China and is expanding to five additional Asian countries in partnership with Verité, a leading...
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10-29-08
Smurfit-Stone Celebrates Grand Opening of New High-Tech Plant in Chicagoland
CREVE COEUR, Mo. and CHICAGO, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation (Nasdaq: SSCC) today celebrated the opening of its new Chicago-area container plant located in New Lenox, IL.
Located in the nation's second largest pa...
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10-29-08
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre Launches World's First Online Portal Profiling Human Rights Lawsuits Against Companies
LONDON. - October 29, 2008 - Today the non-profit Business & Human Rights Resource Centre launches a free online portal "“ the first to bring together and demystify lawsuits from across the world alleging human rights abuses by companies. The portal summarises in...
