paper will review the dimensions of the tool and compare it to six other diversity lenses. Keywords: Diversity assessment, diversity audit tool, diversity lens, “business” case for diversity. Increasingly corporations in Canada have stressed the importance of embracing diversity and have stressed the benefits of creating inclusive work environments which: Promote the work of all organizational members and ensures that it is acknowledged, respected, and that employees are compensated equitably for
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124 References Journal of Asian and African Studies 47(1) Albert M (2006) Realizing Hope: Life Beyond Capitalism. Nova Scotia: Fernwood Publishing. Gillem AR, Cohn LR and Throne C (2001) Black identity in biracial black/white people: A comparison of Jacqueline who refuses to be exclusively black and Adolphus who wishes he were. Cultural diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology 7: 182–196. Issa G Shivji, Silences in NGO Discourse: The Role and Future of NGOs in Africa. Nairobi and Oxford:
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financial analysis and discipline are essential but not sufficient. The senior leader in any business wants to work with finance professionals whom they trust as competent but can also understand. Often the rhetoric is about rigour, thoroughness, accountability and professionalism. But if communication doesn't happen well, all those wonderful professional skills can become sidelined and irrelevant. The consistent picture is that the finance professional who can communicate effertively becomes a crucial
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Farmacias Similares (Simi): Company Overview Founded by Victor Gonzalez Torres, Farmacias Similares is a pharmacy chain in Mexico dedicated exclusively to generic medicines, with their merchandise priced at least 30% lower than that of traditional branded medications. Using their publicity campaign slogan, loosely translated as “the same, but cheaper,” the stores targeted their sales at the low-income uninsured/underinsured “base of the pyramid” health care consumers in Mexico. In addition, Gonzalez
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“One could not always put safety up front as the prime goal. Do that, and who would ever achieve anything of note?” Jack McDevitt Introduction The word “safety” is mentioned 46 times in the current guidelines: Word Frequency Rank Adjusted Rank trial 437 1 1 subject 256 2 2 sponsor 210 3 3 clinical 207 4 4 investigator 155 5 5 product 149 6 6 data 120 7 7 investigational 113 9 9 protocol 103 11 10 regulatory 103 12 11 monitor 97 14 12 IRB/IEC 88 19 14 inform 73 26 15 consent 68 30 16 procedure
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HIV: Keeping Everyone's Information Confidential In 1996 the Clinton administration and the congressional office put together a law that forever change the way personal and health information would be protected; Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act or HIPAA. Among other things this act ensured that a person’s health would remain private and secure from the public and that the patients had a say so as to whom would be able to know their information and just how much of it (Green &
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Three Major Sins of Professional Development How Can We Make It Better? .Authors:VARELA, ALEJANDRA M..Source:Education Digest, Dec2012, Vol. 78 Issue 4, p17-20, 4p.Document Type:Article.Subject Terms:TEACHERS -- In-service training -- United States TEACHER development -- Methodology PROFESSIONAL education -- United States CAREER development TEACHERS -- Training of -- United States CLASSROOM management -- Study & teaching TEACHER participation in curriculum planning.Geographic Terms:UNITED States
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September 2008 has ignited a debate on what caused their quick undoing. As captured in the comments of the OECD Secretary-General, there is a growing sentiment that poor corporate governance is one of the forces to blame. It allowed the transparency, accountability and integrity of companies to be compromised and for abuses to go unchecked, particularly on matters of corruption. w w w. t r a n s p a r e n c y . o r g Table of Contents 1. 2. 3. Why is corporate governance critical? What is covered by
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in ways that, knowingly or not, sabotage the potential success of the IntensCare project. Medisys provides an especially good opportunity to think about lessons from the previous weeks. Specifically: Daniel Pink agues in his TED talk for the importance of autonomy as a motivator. Wasn’t autonomy the operating premise of the Intenscare project? As such, how can one reconcile Pink’s advice with the disastrous scenario in the case? Also, what could Valerie Merz learn from Henry Fonda who had no
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Talking paper 1. Phase I compared to Phase II Common: Communication Differences: We all had very specific differences that we wanted to work on for self-improvement that will lead to Air Force improvements. Such as: Ethical Leadership, Negotiations, Contemporary Motivation, Discipline, Adaptability, Team Roles, Transformational Leadership, Followership, Team Dynamics 2. Based on feedback, what to change in PLDP A. Common: Not many changes are needed to PLDPs as the development of them
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