Workplace Diversity

ST. LOUIS -- Build-A-Bear Workshop([R]), the interactive entertainment retailer of customized stuffed animals, has been named one of FORTUNE Magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For." The full list and related stories appear...

In addition to calculating financial information, accountants are compiling and verifying a wide range of environmental and social responsibility data. Even if U.S. regulators don't require reporting regarding carbon footprints, diversity or green...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company today announced it has been named among the 100 Best Companies to Work For in the United States by FORTUNE. This is the second consecutive...

- Available on New Life Insights Web Site - NEW YORK -- Women make up nearly half of the U.S. workforce, and while their incomes are vitally important to their families, they are...

ROSEMEAD, Calif. -- Southern California Edison Company (SCE) yesterday completed the sale, through a public offering, of $250 million of preference shares with a 6.25 percent dividend rate. The securities were sold through...

According to Cutting Edge Information, Developing a Solid Succession Plan Begins with Choosing the Right Performance Measurements RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- While a succession plan can provide a safety net in the...

* "UnitedHealth HEROES" grants support local programs that engage children as learners and leaders of healthy habits * Community-focused, service-learning initiative by UnitedHealthcare and Youth Service America MINNETONKA, Minn. -- As childhood obesity...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- LIN Media (NYSE: TVL), a local multimedia company, announced today it is accepting applications for its Minority Scholarship and Training Program and will award one broadcast television scholarship/internship and one...

Seminar Offered at The University of Arizona in Collaboration with the National Association of Hispanic Journalists NEW YORK -- The New York Times Student Journalism Institute today announced the participants admitted into its...

New Executive to Oversee Sales, Marketing and Business Development HOUSTON -- G&A Partners, a fully-integrated Texas-based Human Resource (HR) and administrative services company, announced today the appointment of Marius Swart as Executive Vice...

One of this region's most well-known African-American entrepreneurs is lending his leadership and name to a new spoke in the wheel of the Oswald Cos. insurance brokerage. Eddie Taylor Jr., also a civic...

The Diversity Index: The Alarming Truth About Diversity in Corporate America...and What Can Be Done About It Susan E. Reed (AMACON, 294 pp., $27.95) IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 1 Reed's newest work, The Diversity Index,...

Companies today are under constant pressure to "go green," and sustainability has become a critical factor in corporate competitiveness for many. Customers, investors, employees, and other stakeholders want to know the environmental and...

With the growing demand for bilingual staff, private organizations and government agencies in El Salvador have created a program entitled "English Training for Call Centers", reports Laprensagrafica.com (Dec. 9, 2011). The project bring...

HEADNOTE Here's a practical tool you can use to determine the real costs and benefits of going green. Companies today are under constant pressure to "go green," and sustainability has become a critical...

It all used to be so predictable-symbolic of a simpler and more stable work-life environment. We educated ourselves in one or more areas of interest, settled into an organization that could use our...

A RECENT STUDY SAYS WHILE 84% OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, engineering and math (STEM) department chairs at the country's leading research universities say the issue of recruiting and retaining women and minority STEM undergraduates...

Articles Mark C. Weber, A New Look at Section 504 and the ADA in Special Education Cases, 16 Tex. J. on Civ. Liberties & Civ. Rights 1 (2010). The author argues that children...