S/HR/225. Are men victims of equality in contemporary organisations?

The paper examines the concept of Equal Opportunity (EO) reviewing scholars' opinions on the gender related inequality, and arguing whether EO policies are favouring women at the expense of men. The effectiveness of the EO policies is argued; the notion of 'second sexism' is discussed; barriers for female career development are considered.

C/HR/144. To what extent can equal opportunities legislation improve the recruitment process within an organisation?

This paper examines the extent to which equal opportunities legislation can improve an organization's recruitment process. First, the significant number of pieces of equal opportunities legislation are set out and discussed, including those relating to pay, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, and age. Next, these are discussed in terms of the extent to which they have improved the recruitment process.

S/HR/127. Managing Diversity and promoting Equal Opportunity

The paper examines the features of the modern workforce focusing on diversity and its challenges for the management. The policy of equal opportunities to all employees is described reviewing UK legislation on sex discrimination, race relations, equal pay, etc., and considering it from the perspective of equal opportunities in recruitment, selection, training and development, reward strategies, flexible working, etc.

E/HR/78. If women make for better leaders in contemporary western organisations, why are there so few of them?

The paper examines the position of women in management addressing the issues of workplace equality and gender discrimination. The tendency of 'cracking' through the 'glass ceiling' and the risks of getting to the top of the 'glass cliff' are discussed.

C/HR/126. Glass Ceiling- A Dilemma in Diversity Management

This report scrutinized issue of glass ceiling in a company. The company briefly explored general tern in UK market in terms of increase women participation, root causes and sources of glass ceiling and the ways through women participation at middle and senior level management can be ensured by braking glass ceiling

E/HR/68. Effects of Age Discrimination legislation

The paper examines the impact of legislation changes on organisations discussing the new Age Discrimination act and its effects on the UK labour market, particularly, on small businesses.

C/HR/73. Discrimination against men

The present paper considers the issue of discrimination against male in various occupational areas. Two major issues are considered: the impact of PC and new economic conditions on male equality and tokenism. The paper considers various studies to find out whether male workers are disadvantaged. The validity of existing sociological data is tested.

S/HR/130. Discrimination of women employees in Wal-Mart

The paper reports on the gender issues of Wal-Mart's industrial relations arguing discrimination against their female staff. Information is supplied about Wal-Mart's production in the third-world countries, Wal-Mart's female stakeholders, pressure groups, trade unions, etc. Recommendations are made about the treatment of women employees by Wall-Mart.

S/HR/128. Qualifications and careers: Equal opportunities and earnings among graduates

The paper examines the gender aspects of employment in UK graduates analysing a survey of their job opportunities and employment plans, and discussing the differences between men and women in relation to earnings and careers. The implications of the research are outlined; conclusions are made about gender inequality and personal research experience of the author.

C/B/303. Racial Discrimination in the Workplace: Theory and Practice

This article draws up a theoretical analysis of the issue of the workplace racial discrimination. Consequentialist approach to the analysis suggests various business effects for three main stakeholders groups of the company, labour, and customers. The main emphasis of the article is given to the literature review and the contribution of Becker to the contextualizing approach of discrimination and wage discrimination. Discusses whether competition has any impact on discrimination and racial wage discrimination.

P/HR/97. Sex Discrimination in the Workforce

This essay is discussing sex discrimination at the workplace and how it affects women in an organisation. Essay is illustrated with various examples of workplace discrimination and analysis using the consequentialist and non-consequentialist approaches (including Kantianism) is presented.

P/HR/43. Glass Ceiling

This paper looks at the concept of 'glass ceiling' being a real barrier for women progress into more responsible and senior positions in a variety of careers. The paper consists of the following sections: overview of "Glass Ceiling", Cultural context of management, Culture at the workplace (Hofstede); Role of gender, class and power; dynamics of gender; roles of women, female roles in organisation, leadership styles, Women's pay and reward structure and barriers that women face in the workplace.

P/HR/118. Dissertation. Glass Ceiling

The dissertation aims to explore the factors behind occupational segregation looking at the problems encountered by women managers in Great Britain. Legal, cultural, social and psychological aspects of gender discrimination are discussed. A collection of secondary data obtained from the literature review provides theoretical information about gender inequalities in the labour market, women's movement and women's organisation around the world, the position of women in the UK, etc. Primary research method combines qualitative and quantitative approaches based on the analysis of interviews and secondary research findings. Useful strategies are recommended for the women in the UK to deal with gender discrimination in professional career making.

E/HR/45. Gender discrimination in workplace

The paper addresses the issues of workplace gender discrimination reviewing related academic literature and legal sources, and discussing the problem of the ‘glass ceiling’ in the UK, the issues of maternity leave, ‘high risk’ employees, etc.

C/HR/77. Anti-Discrimination Legislation: An Effective or Problematic Tool for Diversity Management.

The following paper scrutinized debates and arguments related to the effectiveness of anti discrimination legislation for diversity management. First section provide overview about discrimination and dimensions Section II defines diversity management, Section III focuses on the effectiveness of legislation whereas Section IV argues about the problems generated by such legislation for managers

P/HR/299. Ethical issues of pregnancy discrimination in the workplace

The paper addresses the ethical issues of pregnancy discrimination in the workplace discussing it in the context of Kantian moral philosophy of duty and the theory of utilitarianism by John Mills. The legal rights of women during the period of pregnancy are reviewed.

P/HR/310. Unlawful and lawful discrimination

The paper addresses the issues of unlawful discrimination in the workplace providing definitions of gender (sex) discrimination, racial discrimination, religious discrimination, disability discrimination, equal pay discrimination, trade union discrimination, etc. The circumstances where discrimination may be considered lawful are described; the ways of preventing unlawful discrimination in the workplace are outlined.

S/HR/83. Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and the equal treatment in employment and occupation

The purpose of this report is to investigate an environmental issue, how it relates to a fictional concept and the impact that it will have upon how the concept will operate. For the purpose of this report their will be a focus upon the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995 and employment in relation to the European Union (EU) Council Directive 2000/78/EC.

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