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- Massey Energy: The CEO as Tough Guy
- Donald L. Blankenship cuts against the usual grain of a modern CEO. He's a tough guy who is not afraid to speak his mind, beat back environmental critics, hamstring unions or put his money where his mouth is when it comes to political spending. He is the kind of executive...
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Cocreating Business's New Social Compact
- The Idea in Brief Executives and social activists working together? It's true: after decades of mutual distrust, corporations and nongovernmental organizations NGOs are collaborating to combat poverty around the world. Their weapon? Innovative local businesses such as...
- Articles 2008-04-14
- Transcend Your Office: When Work's a Religious Experience
- How do you know where to draw the line when it comes to accommodating religion in the workplace? If clients are offended by a pentagram-wearing Pagan employee, can you ask her to keep the symbol hidden? If a worker objects to working on the weekends because of the Sabbath (as...
- Blog posts 2007-10-03
- Dealing with a Difficult Boss
- Do you have a difficult or challenging relationship with your boss? You are not alone. Of all the less-than-perfect interactions you may have at work, this will probably be the trickiest and most stressful because of the inherent political dynamic of your relationship. Many people tend to lay the blame...
- Articles 2007-02-15
- A Human Resource Perspective on Implementing the ADA
- Human Resource HR professionals are key players in business organizations' implementation of the employment provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADA, which prohibits, among other things, discrimination based on disability in the workplace. HR professionals are involved with recruitment, pre-employment screening and testing, and the reasonable accommodation...
- White papers 2001-06-01
- Communicating the Americans With Disabilities Act - Transcending Compliance: 1996 Follow-Up Report on Sears, Roebuck and Co.
- The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADA continues to shape employment, governmental services, telecommunications, public accommodations, and perhaps most important, public attitudes. The ADA is the most comprehensive federal law to address discrimination against an estimated 50 million Americans. Its implementation remains the subject of intense public policy debate....
- White papers 2003-02-11
- Mediation and Title I of the ADA
- Mediation is a unique form of Alternative Dispute Resolution ADR. Mediation is a process in which a neutral third party assists two or more disputants in finding a mutually acceptable solution to their conflict. The mediator facilitates discussions, enhances communications, and uses a variety of other skills and techniques to...
- White papers 2002-03-01
- Disability Discrimination: Pushing the Limits
- A study published by the American Bar Association reports that nearly 95% of lawsuits filed under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act ADA and nearly 80% of administrative claims of disability discrimination are ultimately decided in favor of the defendant. However, at the same time, employers and their HR departments...
- White papers 2004-02-01
- Prepare For An Ugly Charge: Discrimination
- Employees can choose from a virtual Scrabble board of laws (ADA, ADEA, FMLA, OSHA, Title VII, USERRA, NLRA) for protection from adverse job action. Each of these federal laws and corresponding state laws contains language to protect individuals against retaliation by their employer for participating in a protected activity. In...
- White papers 2004-10-01
- Court Ruling That Employer's Integrity Test Violated ADA Could Open Door to Litigation
- Since the use of polygraphs in most employment settings was outlawed in 1988, employers have been flocking to integrity or honesty testing as the best way to get behind a prospective employee's resume. As many as 5 million tests are given a year, and the testing industry, which has been...
- White papers 2005-09-01
- Disability: Integration Vs. Accommodation
- During the Twentieth Century the advancement of medical treatments, coupled with progressive socialour inclusion policies worked to change the status of persons with disabilities. In the Western world, all citizens are valued and efforts to include as many people in the work of the communities are not only good social...
- White papers 2006-01-21
- What Disability Civil Rights Cannot Do: Employment and Political Economy
- Given that a decade has passed since the passage of the ADA and five years since the enactment of the British Disability Discrimination Act, it seems a fitting time at which to examine the civil rights employment impasse against the larger political economy backdrop. Since the authors expertise lies with...
- White papers 2003-07-20
- Comparative Study of Workplace Policy and Practices Contributing to Disability Nondiscrimination
- To assess the impact of disability nondiscrimination legislation on employer practices in the United States and the United Kingdom. Study Design: U.S. and U.K. human resource professionals were surveyed about their experience with implementation of the legislation. Both U.S. and U.K. employers are responding to their respective legislation by making...
- White papers 2004-01-16
- Backlash, the Political Economy, and Structural Exclusion
- This paper explores the backlash against and hostility toward the Americans with Disabilities Act ADA by examining the relationship between politics, policy, and economics - particularly with regard to the interests of business. The paper argues that the backlash against the ADA is a product of capitalist opposition. This opposition...
- White papers 2003-07-20
- Mental Illness Recovery and Place
- This paper explores fifteen residents' perspectives on a supported housing program for people recovering from low prevalence mental health disorders in rural Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. It moves beyond the often unproductive institutional versus community care dichotomy to present a more complex consideration of the residents' perceptions of supported housing as...
- White papers 2005-09-22
- The Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 and Injured Workers
- The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADA is civil rights legislation that extends to persons with disabilities the same protection against discrimination that has been in place for other persons on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, and age. The ADA covers all aspects of participation...
- White papers 2001-09-01
- State and Community Models for Improving Access to Dental Care for the Underserved- A White Paper
- This paper outlines a template for the three state-based models and two community focused, safety net models, providing policymakers an overview of successful efforts to enhance dentist participation in public programs, and as a result, improve utilization of dental services. The ADA does not intend to provide the reader quantitative...
- White papers 2004-10-01
- Krieger Leads Industry in Customized, Special Purpose Doors and Windows
- This paper mentions about Krieger's blast and bullet-resistant doors in both wood and metal materials are that built to fit specific wall conditions while at the same time meeting and/or exceeding ADA and other compliance codes. Krieger blast and pressure doors are available in both manual and power generated configurations....
- White papers 2004-06-13
- Surrey Tax Centre
- The Surrey Tax Building was developed through a competitive design-build process. This building is a modern office accommodation that blends into the existing streetscape. The building plan emphasizes the use of daylighting and the need to convert the space to multiple-tenant usage in the future. The structure is primarily reinforced...
- Case studies
- Eastman Kodak Janus Project - Building Conversion and Infrastructure Upgrades
- When Eastman Kodak Company decided to consolidate all operations in a central location at Kodak Park, they called on Erdman Anthony and the Janus Task Force for help. Erdman Anthony completed full design for two of the primary buildings, comprising 500,000 square feet of space. To supplement existing power distribution...
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