Promoting
equality and diversity as a part of the culture of the organizations;.
What remains to be done is an examination of leveraging
equality and diversity as values - driven kilns to fire up distinct legal business models that do not simply follow commodity - driven commercial businesses but in fact create more sophisticated lawyer - driven entities.
The lesson plan includes references to differentiation and
equality and diversity as well as highlighting the opportunities through the lesson to hit the learning objectives
Not exact matches
Since founding Salesforce in 1999, Marc Benioff has earned credibility
as a serious philanthropist
and, more recently,
as a champion of gender
equality and diversity.
Might a church that believes in
and practices
diversity in religious opinion,
as well
as «Biblical
equality» of men
and women work better for you?
Diversity,
equality,
and inclusion are all good, of course, but they have not served the university well
as first - order goods.
«Bringing together the top women
and men in the industry to talk best practices
and align goals for gender
diversity and equality is something we have done in the United States
and will continue to do so, but it is equally
as important to extend this dialogue to our colleagues in Europe,» said Deborah Brenner, Founder & CEO, Women of the Vine & Spirits.
Hopefully comments from events such
as this will help the drive for
equality and diversity throughout the industry.»
As part of the club's ongoing commitment to
equality and diversity, Chelsea Academy players have participated in the
Equality Inspires initiative at Cobham...
As part of our ongoing commitment to
equality and diversity across Chelsea FC, players throughout our Academy were involved in the
Equality Inspires initiative at Cobham last week.
Together
as a community — unified
as one — we will continue to take a stand against hate crimes in a City that is known for
equality, acceptance
and diversity.»
[20] In 2008, Prime Minister Gordon Brown appointed her to act
as his Senior Policy Adviser on
Equalities and Diversity and Faith.
The work undertaken by trade unions in raising the skills
and ed - ucational achievements of the workforce, creating
equality and diversity — which the CBI
and the TUC agree increases productivity
and profit —
and looking beyond short - termism to create a genuinely sustainable economic vision is central to our economic recovery;
as is a sense of cohesiveness that has nothing to do with the «Big Society»
and everything to do with fairness, both in the workplace
and outside it.
Race relations improved in the second half of the 1980s
and 1990s (when, un-coincidentally, a Conservative immigration existed), but, perversely, the 1980s Labour left saw «
diversity», «
equality»,
and other such Guardian buzzwords,
as a fundamental part of what Labour should believe in, which led to the expansion of the
equalities sector when Labour entered office in 1997.
As equality and diversity become the new buzz words in the fashion commentator's vernacular, the calendar has come at a time when sexuality, gender, colour
and creed are all in a positive state of flux.
Ashley Judd, Annabella Sciorra
and Salma Hayek — three of Harvey Weinstein's most outspoken
and high - profile accusers — presented a video calling for,
as Judd put it, «
equality,
diversity, inclusion, intersectionality».
Vincent hopes that the numbers of women behind the lens will improve
as there is increased media attention on gender
equality and diversity.
The workshop
and resources are part of a series of 6 workshops that we have created to help inspire you to talk to your children about,
and they can be done
as stand - alone activity sessions or
as a series to ensure that your children can fully understand
and appreciate the concepts of
equality and diversity.
A fun starter to engage them
as soon
as they arrive
and a good one to tick the
equality and diversity box with opportunities to discuss gender
and the way men
and women tackle subject matter, challenging stereotypical view points.
Through this resource; By the end of the session all learners will be able to: a) Understand the employment rights
and responsibilities of the employee
and employer
and their purpose b) Identify the main points of contracts of employment
and their purpose c) Outline the main points of legislation affecting employers
and employees
and their purpose d) Identify where to find information on employment rights
and responsibilities both internally
and externally e) Explain the purpose
and functions of representative bodies that support employees f) Explain employer
and employee responsibilities for
equality and diversity in a business environment g) Explain the benefits of making sure
equality and diversity procedures are followed in a business environment h) Explain employer
and employee responsibilities for health, safety
and security in a business environment i) Explain the purpose of following health, safety
and security procedures in a business environment By the end of this session some learners will be able to: A. Establish a link between understanding responsibilities
as the first step towards managing ones own work effectively for career progression.
Their outstanding work is improving the lives of children
and young people through excellent care
and education,
and promoting women's
and LGB&T
equality as well
as diversity more widely.»
As a follow - up to # 1 above is
diversity,
and we are not talking about racial
equality, although that playing field certainly gets leveled on live streaming platforms.
imbedded with health
and safety
as well
as equality and diversity.
Afterwards, they offer teachers feedback on their curriculum, delivery, classroom management skills, the classroom climate,
and other issues, such
as diversity and equality.
Are education for
diversity and multicultural education
as well
as training for justice
and equality occurring for staff, students
and parents?
Implementing purposeful strategies
and using multiple, objective methods helps to find eligible candidates who may not have identified themselves
as a potential principal
and increases
equality and diversity within the aspirant pool.
Experts that understand
and can represent the community
and school's needs, appreciate the desired leadership competencies,
as well
as principles of
equality and diversity, are best placed to serve on selection panels.
It's a collection of personal essays on
equality and diversity from some well known authors including Mara Purl, Catherine Ryan Hyde,
and Anne Perry
as well
as yours truly.
She was even listed
as one of Gamasutra's «Top Developers of 2014,» a spot earned through tireless dedication to industry
diversity and equality in the wake of coordinated harassment campaigns.
Called the Disability Forward Fund, the program is part of CreateNYC, the city's first comprehensive cultural plan, which was first announced by Mayor Bill de Blasio last July
as part of an effort to extend greater
equality, accessibility,
diversity,
and opportunity in arts funding.
Sacrificing brevity (
as usual),
and allowing for a reasonable amount of imprecision for present purposes: Morality itself is most foundationally «about» the sustainable
and healthy survival of the human species along with healthy biological
diversity and along with the sustainable health of our home, planet Earth, all accomplished in a way that respects human
equality in important senses.
As I have posted before, I believe that morality itself is most foundationally «about» the sustainable
and healthy survival of the human species along with plentiful
and healthy biological
diversity along with the sustainable health of our home, planet Earth, all accomplished in a way that respects human
equality (in important senses)
and embraces a living, precious,
and somewhat fragile planet.
Further,
as Anne Vespry also pointed out, why should a lawyer who belongs to a racialized minority, who has to deal with the burdens of inequality
and exclusion every day, have to further sign on to an additional responsibility to promote
equality,
diversity and inclusion?
We also do not think that the language of «promoting
equality,
diversity and inclusion» is so vague
as to set an impossible standard of professional regulation.
We are dismissing the claim that lawyers have a duty to promote
equality,
diversity and inclusion generally
as lacking legal authority, because there is no legal basis for that claim..
Even in - house counsel, providing advice to the HR department about an organization's internal legal obligations, would be incompetent if they did not convey the employer's obligation to promote
equality,
diversity,
and inclusion
as described above.
None of them seem sufficient
as a basis for claiming that lawyers have a positive duty to advance
equality,
diversity and inclusion.
Like you, I believe that there are strategies the LSUC could pursue which would achieve their substantive goals, strategies which accurately reflect existing (
and unambiguous) legal
and ethical obligations
and which are consistent with constitutional requirements
and principles (
as I've noted above, if the current requirement around a Statement of Principle merely required acknowledgement of our actual existing obligations under the Rules, rather than a general duty to promote
equality,
diversity and inclusion which is found nowhere in the Rules, I suspect much opposition would melt away
and the LSUC would be on far stronger Charter grounds).
As you note, the obligation to «promote»
equality,
diversity and inclusion goes well beyond the content of most obligations within the Rules — which are principally passive or negative in nature.
Second, the LSUC's guidance
as to the content of the Statement of Principles demands that it «demonstrate a personal valuing of
equality,
diversity,
and inclusion» — I'm not sure how you can conclude that doesn't constitute an infringement of freedom of conscience, at least.
The problem, however,
as Anne Vespry cogently argued on our legal ethics listserv (
and «Bob Smith» also noted in comments on Omar Ha - Redeye's SLAW column), is that it is not clear that there is a legal basis for claiming that Ontario lawyers have a duty to promote
equality,
diversity and inclusion understood
as a requirement to take active steps toward making the profession more equal, diverse
and inclusive.
«The law society decided to commit to enhancing or promoting
diversity and equality in the profession
as a way of promoting the interests of the public.
As part of its commitment to promote
equality and diversity in the legal profession,
and to ensure that the Ontario community is served by a representative profession, the Law Society of Upper Canada conducts research
and collects data on the composition of the profession.
From an employment law perspective this case is relatively cut
and dry — in so much
as the employer was left with very little choice
as to how to deal with such a flagrant
and public breach of its
diversity and equality policy by one of its employees.
«Like most large firms in Quebec
and Canada, we are
as far advanced on these issues
as our clients — whether it be on
diversity, environmental policies, or
equality,» says McCarty.
According to Lynch, she told the St. Petersburg Times «that the news media coverage of her firm's handling of the case had caused embarrassment, particularly for an institution that views
diversity and equality as a core value...»
This new rule
and our new role
as missionaries
and enforcers of
equality,
diversity and inclusion will have unintended consequences.
The Junior Lawyers Division runs a variety of events, lectures,
and social events
as well
as looking after
and protecting the interests of juniors in the legal profession whilst promoting
equality and diversity.
The (now removed from their website) supplementary materials on the Statement of Principles indicate that lawyers must «demonstrate a personal valuing of
equality,
diversity,
and inclusion,» which makes it apparent that the Law Society intends to regulate thought
as much
as action.
The Law Society has attempted to characterize
equality,
diversity,
and inclusion in its Statement of Principles
as simply a set of behavioural «standards or criteria.»