Renault, SciencesPo Promote Diversity Together

27 May 2008 -- SciencesPo and Renault are holding a Diversity Conference at SciencesPo Paris on May 29 , following which the two organizations will sign an agreement. This international event will be attended by world-famous academics researching diversity issues and by senior managers of major companies with experience of real-world workplace issues. The conference will be opened by SciencesPo Director Richard Descoings, and the closing address will be given by Renault’s President and CEO Carlos Ghosn, the two initiators of the project.

Four major themes will be discussed in the light of the latest research on diversity and grass-roots experience in companies:
- Racial diversity and cultural barriers
- Diversity and economic performance
- Equality and difference – examples with age and gender
- Diversity in the era of globalization.

Christine Jolls of Yale University and Christopher McCrudden from Oxford University, who made a major contribution to formalizing the concept of diversity, will debate the issue together for the first time in France. Senior managers from General Electric, Adecco, Barclays, Vinci, Renault and Nissan will give their points of view on the subject and discuss measures taken in their companies.

After the conference Renault and Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques will sign an agreement under which Renault will support SciencesPo’s diversity outreach activities by making high-level recruitments from social groups whose talents are often undervalued. Renault will donate €150,000 per year to this project for three years, and will be represented on the jury of the Conventions Education Prioritaire (CEP), a separate SciencesPo admissions system for young people from disadvantaged areas. A number of senior Renault managers will also take part in conferences to share their own experiences of diversity.

Source: Renault

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