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Preventing abuse, saving money
The effects of social breakdown are increasingly felt by companies, with the cost of crime an obvious example. But now alcohol abuse is a factor in a quarter of workplace accidents, while drug abuse affects a fifth of businesses. It is time for preventative action.
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Comment: Code to counter
ageism
Some of the companies that spent the last decade and a half `letting go' their older workers are now discovering the important contribution they can make.
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Code to counter ageism
Discrimination on grounds of age is rapidly joining the other 'isms' where employers are taking action. However the real reasons why age is too often a factor in choosing employees are often financial, not prejudice.
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Comment: New Rights for
disabled people
For too long, the needs of people with a disability have been the poor relation of companies' social responsibility concerns.
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New rights for disabled
people
Companies have been slow to address the extra needs of people with a disability, whether in business operations or in community projects. Now they must act, or face the threat of legal action.
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Comment: Breaking the
glass ceiling
Few male managers will admit to the presence of a `glass ceiling' in their organisation.
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Breaking the glass
ceiling
When companies recognise the problem, they cantake action to achieve a better gender balance in the workforce. Family-friendly policies work, but who should pay?
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Comment: Engaging Staff
productively
As competitive pressures mount, companies need productive workers. New research shows that employee community involvement can help.
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Engaging staff
productively
As competitive pressures mount, companies need productive workers. New research shows that employee community involvement can help.
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Great expectations
Charlotte Hines says that MORI's latest research shows the public's expectations of companies are growing
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Comment: New Partners for
Social Cohesion
Corporate citizenship used to be seen as an Anglo Saxon phenomenon. Now companies and governments across Europe are seeking new solutions to social problems.
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