...FORTY-SECOND REGULAR SESSION OEA/Ser.P June 3 to 5, 2012 AG/doc.5242/12 rev. 2 Cochabamba, Bolivia 20 September 2012 Original: Spanish/English SOCIAL CHARTER OF THE AMERICAS (Adopted at the second plenary session, held on June 4, 2012, and reviewed by the Style Committee) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, CONSIDERING that the Charter of the Organization of American States (OAS) provides that integral development encompasses the economic, social, educational, cultural, scientific, and technological fields through which the goals that each country sets for accomplishing it should be achieved; TAKING INTO ACCOUNT that the Inter-American Democratic Charter recognizes that democracy and social and economic development are interdependent and mutually reinforcing, and that promotion and observance of economic, social, and cultural rights are inherently linked to integral development, equitable economic growth, and the consolidation of democracy and the rule of law in the states of the Hemisphere; RECOGNIZING that social justice and equity are essential for democracy; CONSIDERING that the Charter of the OAS establishes among its essential purposes to eradicate extreme poverty; CONSIDERING AS WELL that extreme poverty constitutes an obstacle to development and, in particular, to the full democratic development of the peoples of the Hemisphere; and that its elimination is essential and constitutes a common and shared responsibility...
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...Practices: Gender Diversity, Equality, & Leadership Abstract The number of women obtaining higher levels of education and positions in their careers has increased, but the number of women obtaining management and executive positions has remained stagnant. Human resource policies and practices’ follow ethical guidelines, but in practicality are more difficult to apply in the workforce. Human resource practices and policies may be influenced by the overall mindset of a company. The barriers that prevent women from achieving management and executive positions are the same barriers that prevent human resource policies and practices’ from being applied. The gaps in gender equality and wages, created by the barriers, can be discouraging to women from achieving high-level positions. Overcoming the barriers is a task in undoing the mindset that has been instilled deeply within society. Introduction Studies have shown that companies who promote female gender equality surpass their competitors on every measure of profitability, yet women are failing to attain high-level positions. Possible reasons for the persistent wage and gender gap between men and women in senior leadership positions can be found by reviewing current data on women in the workplace, studies on the correlation between gender diversity in senior management and company performance, and literature on gender behavioral differences in the workplace. Women play an increasingly significant role in today’s workforce...
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...filaments of interconnectedness that bind us together in love and appreciation” (Quotes for Unity in Diversity). What needs to be better looked at and applied is taking Scott A. hunt’s concept of unity through diversity, into the workplace. That process of incorporating diversity into the workplace has been becoming ever necessary over the years through rapidly growing domestic, global, and international business interactions. Though difficult as it may be sometimes, what diversity actually is and how it can significantly improve business and its interactions, in and out of the workplace, is what needs to be looked at. Josh Greenberg, president of the employee surveying company AlphaMeasure, Inc., writes on the benefits, challenges, and solutions to diversity in the workplace, “Workplace diversity refers to the variety of differences between people in an organization. That sounds simple, but diversity encompasses race, gender, ethnic group, age, personality, cognitive style, tenure, organizational function, education, background and more. Diversity not only involves how people perceive themselves, but how they perceive others. Those perceptions affect their interactions. For a wide assortment of employees to function effectively as an organization, human resource professionals need to deal effectively with issues such as communication, adaptability and change. Diversity will increase significantly in the coming years....
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...Performance Management Jasmine Sims HRM 500 Human Resource Management Foundations Jo-Rene Queensberry December 3, 2014 Sometimes company have experienced a significant reduction in earnings, resulting in the layoff of a number of retail sales associates due to the economic downturn. On a positive not some business seems to be rebounded, however with every business there is always concerns with performance, but there are always recommend ways to increase sales and customer service. This paper will express how implementing a performance management system may help modify employee behavior and improve results it will also examine performance management issues and processes and the influences on and various approaches to compensation. It is very important to have a job description for retail associates. Job description is very necessary to describe the most significant components necessary for the job both internally and externally (Chandler, 2005). Retail Salesperson Job Responsibilities: Serves customers by helping select products. Retail Salesperson Job Duties: Welcomes customers by greeting them; offering them assistance. Directs customers by escorting them to racks and counters; suggesting items. Advises customers by providing information on products. Helps customer make selections by building customer confidence; offering suggestions and opinions. Documents sale by creating or updating customer profile records. Processes payments by totaling...
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...Roles and Responsibilities of HRM and Trends and Challenge of HRM Human resource management (HRM) is most important for every organization. Now it is said that HRM is the backbone of an organization. Human resource managers are well positioned to play an instrumental role in helping their organization achieve its goals of becoming a socially and environmentally responsible firm-one which reduces its negative and enhances its positive impacts on society and the environment. A company’s workforce is the lifeblood of organizations and they represent one of its most potent and valuable resources. Consequently, the extent to which a workforce is managed is a critical element in enhancing internal effectiveness and improving the organization’s competitiveness. Human Resource (HR) practitioners play an increasingly vital role in maximizing the efficiency of the organization’s human resources since HR practices support employee behavior that is critical for accomplishing key organizational processes, thus advancing organizational success. It becomes evident that individuals performing in those HR roles need to be equipped with distinct capabilities that support the expectations, challenges and requirements of their roles and responsibilities Organizations are now looking to the HR function to go beyond the delivery of cost effective administrative services and provide expertise on how to leverage human. The competitive forces that organizations face today create a new mandate for...
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...Cultural Diversity Training Denise Raftie-Bryant BUS 375 Employee Training Instructor: Niccolle Johnson June 30, 2015 As Human Resource Manager my responsibility is to oversee training and development for a global organization. To effectively create a cultural diversity training course for all employees it’s imperative to be able to understand cultural differences, employment and business law practices. Cultural diversity is embraced by many companies in the workplace and essential to maintain a balanced organization. Organizations that understand cultural difference can secure business deals with global affiliations and increase employee awareness in a diverse workplace offering training courses. It is important to a company’s organizational structure for employers and employees in the workplace to recognize and respect cultural differences. Multilingual employees benefit many companies because of different perspectives from various diverse backgrounds, creativity and problem-solving skills. Organizations continue to seek opportunities for growth, through encouraging cultural diversity provide ways to expand their business. Also the organizations can enhance its ability to solve problems encouraging their employees to share business practices and belief systems who come from different backgrounds. Employee differences are considered beneficial to help build a corporate culture team. However, diversity is embraced through providing employees with cultural...
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...Report On Managing Human Resources Table of Contents Introduction: 1 1.1 Explanation of Guest’s model of Human resources management, soft and hard and loose and tight human resource management 2 “Soft” and “Hard” HRM: 2 1.2 Differences between Storey’s definition of human resources management, personnel and industrial relation (IR) practices 2 1.3 Implications for line managers and employees of developing a strategic approach to human resources management 3 2.1 How flexibility is applied in workplace: 4 2.1.1 The core periphery workforce model (Atkinson 1984) 4 2.2 Two methods of flexibility developed in my organization 4 a) Improve work-life balance: 4 b) Provide physical and mental well-being: 4 2.3 Flexible working practices from both the employee and the employer perspective in my organization 5 2.4 impact of change in UK labour market have had on flexible working practices in the context of zero hour contracts in my organization 5 3.1 Form of discrimination that take place in the workplace 7 Description based on ethnicity and race: 7 Discrimination based on sex: 7 Discrimination based on religion: 7 3.2 Practical implications of equal opportunity legislation in my organization 7 3.3 Comparison of approaches to manage equal opportunities and managing diversity 7 4.1 Comparison of 360 evaluations with another performance appraisal method 9 4.2 Assessment of approaches for managing the employee welfare in my organization 9 4.3 Discussion on how latest health...
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...Disability Discrimination In The Workplace Joe Walters University of Phoenix Dr. Casey Reason May 15, 2013 Introduction The prevalence of disability discrimination in today’s workforce is an important topic in any place of employment. Surveys have been conducted that reveal nearly twenty percent of employers believe that the most significant barriers that disabled people face in finding and securing employment are inaccurate stereotypes and negative attitudes (Roessler, et al., 2007). When individuals are not employed because of some disability, it denies the disabled worker the right to earn an income to provide for their needs as well as their families and it deprives individuals of contributing to society (McCary, 2005). McCary points out that 21 million Americans with disabilities is the largest minority population in the United States. 20 years after the American with Disabilities Act was signed into law, nearly 40 percent of working-age men and women with disabilities were unemployed (2005). As a response to the high rate of unemployment, in 1990 the American with Disabilities Act was passed (ADA) (Ledvinka, 2010). This paper focuses on the importance of disabled people in the workplace, the role that legislation has played to stop discrimination, and what can be done to prevent future discrimination. Court Cases and Legal Protection In 1973 Congress passed the Vocational Rehabilitation Act to regulate issues concerning disability...
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...Running head: MANAGED DIVERSITY MANAGED DIVERSITY AND ITS IMPACT IN A MULTI-CULTURAL WORKFORCE WITHIN THE UNITED STATES A MASTER’S CAPSTONE RESEARCH PAPER Presented to Professor Robert B. Donaldson Division of Public Administration Problems in Applied Public Management In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Public Administration College of Business and Public Administration Governors State University By Shari Denise Holloway Winter 2007 Approved: ____________________________________________ Dr. Robert B. Donaldson Date: TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE ABSTRACT………………………………………………………………………….....4 INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………………...….5 WHAT IS DIVERSITY ……………………………………..........................................6 WHAT IS WORKPLACE DIVERSITY ………………….………………….….…….7 Corporate Culture and Diversity ………………………………….……………9 DIVERSITY POLICIES AND PRACTICES IN THE WORKPLACE………………14 Workplace Discrimination ……………………………………………………14 Glass Ceiling ………………………………………………………………….15 Affirmative Action…………………………………………………………….16 Equal Employment ……………………………………………………………17 FROM VALUING DIVERSITY TO MANAGING DIVERSITY …………………...18 MANGING A DIVERSE WORKFORCE: A Multicultural Approach ………………18 DIVERSITY FACTOR (THE ISSUES)………………………………………………21 Cultural Collision ……………………………………………………………...
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...1. Determine if and how the HRM practices align with the company’s business strategy. Traditional the South Korean’s culture concerning women’s role in the workplace as a professional careerist was unheard of. Their role mainly consisted of household chores, taking care of the children, and the elderly. Today we are operating in a global society and for South Korea to be competitive in an economic market they must re-align their business strategies as a country. According to (McGraw-Hill 2011) women in the workforce in Korea occurred after the 1998 Asian financial crises, when thousands of men lost their jobs or took salary cuts, and their wives entered the workforce. Years later the government banned gender discrimination in the workplace and required businesses with more than 500 employees to set up child-care facilities and the Government established a Gender Equality Ministry retrieved from (www.pacificbridge.com). In January 2000 the National Assembly gave the Presidential Commission on Women the authority to investigate work-related discrimination against Women according to (www.pacificbridge.com). Today the government has set the tone for Human Resource Management and businesses are expected to follow with the exception of the country top 400 companies, which are family run conglomerates that make it difficult for females to rise to the upper ranks. Cho Jin Woo, who is the director of the Gender Equality Ministry, stated “the country has a long way to go in equal employment...
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...Affirmative Action Author’s note This research is being submitted on November 5th, 2013, for Jean Juchnowiccz’s 5000 Human Resources Management Course. Affirmative Action in the Workplace When you think of affirmative action in the workplace do you think of equal rights for all, or just equal rights for minorities. Affirmative action is the extent to which employers make an effort through their personal practices to attract retain, and upgrade members of the protected classes of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, (Bernardin & Russell 2013). In easier terms affirmative action is known to be the equal opportunity measures that Federal contractors and subcontractors are legally required to adopt to prevent discrimination against employees or applicants on the basis of color, religion, sex or national origin (Wikipedia 2013). Below I’ll introduce some ideas of how affirmative action is used in the workplace, through affirmative action plans, promotion within the workplace, and affirmative action with private companies. Affirmative action began in the United States as a tool to address the persistent discrimination against African Americans in 1960 (Wikipedia 2013). During that time most Americans who were not considered in the highest social class, males, and from European decent, where passed over for employment opportunities and advancements in the work place. When President John F. Kennedy mandated affirmative action into the workplace for the Federal Government and sub-contractors...
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...Trends in the Workplace Patsy N Simmons Professor Perkins Strayer University BUS 500 February 2, 2016 Trends in the Workplace As an HR professional, I am responsible for interviewing and selecting candidates, appraising employee performance, recommending pay increases and promotions, being able to communicate policies and practices all while motivating employees with pay, benefits, and other rewards. I am also responsible for ensuring organizations know how to fully respond to evolving trends, are complying with federal and state regulations, and know how to manage workplace flexibility. Technology today is growing at a rapid speed and this is causing global environment changes; which needs to be addressed as soon as possible in order to prevent any issues. Specify the key functional areas of Human Resources Management. Explore the manner in which each function contributes to the overall performance of an organization. Support your response with specific examples of the activities for which HRM is typically responsible. Human Resources Management (HRM) is the policies, practices, and systems that influence employee’s behaviors, attitudes, and performance (Noe, 2013). HRM has six functional areas: employment, employee relations, training/development, compensation, benefits, and labor relations. Employment is typically responsible for recruiting, job postings, interviewing, testing, coordinating the use of temporary labor. This area...
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...quality at a price that is cheaper than their competitors can provide. Walmart concentrates on finding ways to lower their costs by constantly rethinking how to complete their primary and support activities to reduce costs still further while maintaining competitive levels of differentiation. Their successful supply chain management is an important way helping them to implement the cost leadership strategy. They has effective inbound logistics by using just-in-time inventory. And they have cut costs from outbound logistics by creating better fuel efficiency in their trucks, getting more pallets on a load, and decreasing empty miles driven by their trucks (Dess, 2012). Walmart also reduces costs by buying in large blocks. Technology plays a key role in Walmart’s supply chain too, it allows Walmart to accurately forecast demand, track and predict inventory levels, create highly efficient transportation routes, and manage customer relationships and service response logistics (Walmart's Keys to Successful Supply Chain Management, 2013). In conclusion, Walmart's successful overall cost leadership/differentiation strategy leads to high entry barriers for competitors. • Corporate-level Strategy The major reason behind the success of Walmart lies in the fact that the company believes and concentrates on the strategy of single business, which means more than 95% of its revenue comes 6 |!Page from their grocery business. Over 30 years, the strategy of single business has been contributing...
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...Maria A Rivas Professor Jack Huddleston Case Study 5 HRM584 rivasmaria86@gmail.com February 05, 2015 Problems at a Glance As the Vice President of the Human Resource multinationals of the Europe I noticed that some of the protocol followed by some of the European companies is rather unethical and could use extensive measures to ensure that they are compliant. Some of issues that I was made aware of are as follows; there are strings of protests from immigrants, dissatisfaction of employment status and lack of consideration from employers, discriminatory employment practices, and possible lawsuits. According to the European Commission with regards to employment, social affairs and inclusion, “tackling discrimination at work is their goal. Workers have the right to equal opportunities, especially for men and women. It is illegal to discriminate against someone because of their racial and ethnic origin, religion and belief, disability, sexual orientation, and age” (European Commission, n.d). Therefore, it seems to me as if some of these companies are facing themselves with major lawsuits and will need guidance on how to prevent from this happening. One of the issues that triggered such discriminatory action against an individual was when a graduate student, Ewe Kikuyu, submitted her Curriculum Vitae (CV) to multiple jobs sites. Ewe comes from an African descendant and upon her distributing her Curriculum Vitae; she did not receive one phone call or an interview. She also...
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...diverse employees?” Unity In Our Disparity; advancing diversity through the recruitment, selection and maintenance of heterogeneous employees. 1. Introduction 2.1. As a result of the explosion of globalisation of multinational corporations and the migration of citizens across international borders, firms of the 21st century have workforces that are distributed broadly across countries that include people from varied cultures, speaking numerous languages and educated in different systems (Rosenzweig 1998). Consequently, organisations are becoming increasingly diverse places to work, reflecting the changing demographic of society. Diversity is no longer a phenomenon; diversity management is now a mainstream field of scholarly research, with the number of publications of diversity-related issues doubling every five years (Bell and Kravitz 2008; Rivera 2012). There is consistent evidence amongst contemporary research positing several mechanisms by which diversity can improve individual, group and organisational functioning (Di Tomaso et al. 2007; Hartenian and Gudmundson 2000; Richard 2000; Seigyoung and Menguc 2005). The focus then turns on organisations to develop a framework that leverages the diverse viewpoints and experiences of its employees in ways that increase company effectiveness. 2.2. Minorities have made great advancements with respect to their positions in managerial and professional roles over the last five decades. However, a compelling body...
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