Actuality¹⁴⁸

Press review - Public Affairs Committee

DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION

Par

Christophe Aura

JCCM

Codirecteur bénévole du comité affaires publiques

Socio-ecological transition/Equity, diversity and inclusion

Le Québec inc. tournera-t-il le dos à l'environnement et à la diversité?

Source : Les Affaires

Many U.S. companies have announced that they are revising their approach to diversity and sustainability in the wake of Donald Trump's election, a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action and interventions by conservative activist investors.

The backlash against diversity and sustainability programs in the U.S. is likely to make waves as far away as Quebec. Many executives and entrepreneurs may adjust their strategies accordingly.

Also read :

« Trump suspend les employés des programmes de diversité aux États-Unis » (Source : TVA Nouvelles)

« Québec exhorté par ses experts de garder le cap contre la crise climatique » (Source : Le Devoir)

« Des banques canadiennes se retirent d’une alliance sur le climat » (Source : La Presse)

Bien-être au travail

Contrer l’incivilité au travail : un défi quotidien

Source : Revue Gestion – HEC (republication of an article published in a previous issue of the magazine)

Incivility may be insidious, but its effects are not. A recent meta-analysis by U.S. researchers reveals that employees who pay the price are more vulnerable, more cynical and more burnt-out, leading them to consider seeking alternative employment. Workers who suffer incivility also make themselves less available to their colleagues and are less creative in carrying out their tasks.

With concrete strategies in mind, managers are less likely to let disrespectful interactions slide:

Intervene : put an end to the objectionable behavior or correct it without delay. Rather than ignoring the incivility, ask the colleague who was interrupted to finish his or her thought.
Communicate : engage in face-to-face dialogue with the person who has behaved improperly.
Support : in the short term and in certain circumstances, offer your support so that employees targeted by incivility can recover emotionally. Ask them questions to help them open up about their experience.

Entrepreneuriat, intrapreneuriat d’impact et repreneuriat

Le Hilton de Québec passe aux mains de quatre nations autochtones

Source : Le Devoir

The Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach, near Schefferville, the Micmac Nation of Gespe'gewa'gi, in the Gaspé Peninsula, the Huron-Wendat Nation, near Quebec City, and the Cree Nation, on the outskirts of James Bay, have created a new entity called Atenro - or “friendship” in the Wendat language. Together, they have invested to become majority owners of one of the capital's most important hotels [Hilton], a 569-room establishment that is still shining from a $70 million facelift to be completed in 2020.