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Thinking Win-Win: Boosting Profitability Through Gender-Balanced Flex-Time, Gabriela Steier Aug 2013

Thinking Win-Win: Boosting Profitability Through Gender-Balanced Flex-Time, Gabriela Steier

Gabriela Steier

Setting working mothers free from the gridlock of inflexible “all-or-nothing” workplaces1 can unleash the tremendous potential of female leadership qualities and create win-win2 situations for both employers and employees. When human resources managers create such win-win situations, they can boost efficiency, productivity, profitability, and ultimately increase their company’s bottom line. The key to this strategy consists of attracting and maintaining female talent in the market by implementing mother-friendlier time management. This article analyses the business case for women in terms of gender-balanced leadership, and evaluates flex-time block-schedules as a corporate management strategy to achieve the goals of boosting the bottom …


Rape, Affirmative Consent To Sex, And Sexual Autonomy: Introduction To The Symposium, Jane Moriarty Jan 2008

Rape, Affirmative Consent To Sex, And Sexual Autonomy: Introduction To The Symposium, Jane Moriarty

Jane Campbell Moriarty

We may have moved in the West toward a standard in which “no means no” has the force of criminal law behind it. But are we ready for a standard in which only “yes means yes?” And if so, getting to yes may be a winding path to follow. The concept of consent, some of the symposium authors note, is a far more complicated inquiry than many appreciate. Consider the Eliot quotation above: is it consensual if his exploring hands encounter no defense? Is indifference sufficient to establish consent and if not, should his act be considered criminal rather than …