The detrimental impact of gender-based advertising
Yvonne Januschka, vice president at Shutterstock APAC, examines the role and responsibility of gender in advertising.
December 22, 2020 4:38
by YVONNE JANUSCHKA
Whilst we’ve made significant progress in Australia, gender-based advertising still exists (despite being met with intense public backlash). Unlike countries such as Britain, Norway and France, Australian legislation does not regulate sexist advertising.
Gender-based advertising – no matter how subtle – can have a detrimental impact on both the brand attached, and wider society.
As the creatives playing a role in this type of storytelling, we must do better to ensure outdated depictions of gender roles are a thing of the past.
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12 of our biggest business stories from this year 2020 has been a big year. We take a look back at the ten most read stories from the University of Sydney Business School.
1. Study on compulsive internet use by teens
Internet addiction in teenagers leads to difficulty regulating emotions. Authored by Dr James Donald from the Discipline of Work & Organisational Studies, the peer-reviewed study was published in July this year.
2. Dual impact of technology on worker’s mental health
Managers have a critical role to play in modelling health behaviour for employees.
With millions of people working from home throughout the coronavirus outbreak, research identified key strategies to safeguard mental health including following a regular routine and turning off unnecessary notifications on devices.
Why eliminating start and finish times is the next workplace revolution
By Caroline Zielinski
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Donna Stolzenberg erased all start and stop times for the women working in the Kala Space.
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When one of her employees called to say she would be late for work because her clothes were wet from sleeping in a park, Donna Stolzenberg knew something had to change.
The CEO of National Homeless Collective and founder of Melbourne op shop The Kala Space
decided then and there that if she were to truly help homeless women get back on their feet, she would have to implement some big adjustments in the workplace.
Sydney roads surge back to pre-COVID levels
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Sydneyâs public transport patronage is slowly recovering from the COVID-19 lockdown but road traffic is returning to pre-pandemic levels, and some days even exceeding it.
As social distancing requirements on public transport were eased on Monday by close to 10 per cent, Transport for NSW chief operations officer Howard Collins revealed the cityâs road network had almost returned to normal.
Sydney s roads are returning to pre-COVID levels, according to Transport for NSW.
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