According to Zanna, while Cargill prizes highly qualified talent, her additional focus on diversity of skillsets, gender, backgrounds, languages and nationalities is not typical at the company.

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Other potential obstacles included declining flexible work arrangements that are perceived to be costly, less focus on diversity due to amplified performance pressure and increased competition over fewer open positions.

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The second will focus on the diversity of the national, and in particular the Venetian, intangible cultural heritage (such as traditional boats, Venice Carnival, Murano glass- making and Burano lace to the legacy of fine Venetian fabrics and textiles).

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Diversity also needs to be a focus.

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At ZestFinance, we focus heavily on hiring for diversity.

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Dunham is undeniably an up-and-coming 20-something powerhouse, but instead of her merits, public focus was placed on her body and the lack of racial diversity on her show.

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And it is true at the business level, where companies with greater diversity in senior management have higher returns, lower volatility, more innovation, greater customer focus, better stockholder returns and lower gender pay disparity.

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Presentations will focus on themes directed towards education and training for tackling cultural and ethnic-racial diversity as African-Brazilian and Indigenous Culture and History become mandatory classes in Brazil, establishing that schools, teachers and other education professional as well as pedagogic resources must be overseen and questioned regarding the re-dimensioning and reorientation of studies on the formation of Brazilian society.

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