Raiffeisen Bank International’s Valuable 500 Commitment:
Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) is committed to diversity & inclusion. The goal is to better promote and take advantage of diversity & inclusion in the company through professional diversity management, thereby making a positive contribution to the corporate results. For RBI, diversity means added value. Leveraging the opportunities provided by diversity offers sustainable benefits for our company and employees as well as the economy and society. By promoting diversity, we are continuing Raiffeisen‘s success story, which dates back over 130 years. As a strong partner, we harness the potential of diversity actively and professionally in order to best support our clients and to present ourselves as an appealing employer.
The following diversity guiding principles are intended to help everyone experience and appreciate diversity when working with each other on a daily basis. They are particularly important for decisions with personnel relevance:
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We value and respect each other regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, culture, origin, religion, ideology, physical impairment, or other characteristics.
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We maintain a respectful, appreciative culture of communication, for which we require a variety of perspectives.
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Our aim is to maximize variety in our teams and ensure that diversity also exists at the highest levels of management.
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We understand the needs of our diverse client base. As a universal bank, we support our partners in achieving their aims worldwide. A clear commitment to diversity and the appropriate training of our employees is a matter of course for us.
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We are aware that our behavior is influenced by our unconscious bias. We consider it important to recognize these prejudices and to reflect upon them, as we intend to make the best decisions and take conscious action.
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We approach staff decisions objectively: We fill positions, make decisions on compensation, and perform employee appraisals, assessments of potential, promotions and nominations for projects based on employee skills, performance and potential.
The current Code of Conduct of RBI clearly states that fair employment practice is considered to be of great importance. Goal is to be a corporate group that the best people want to work for; that hires and promotes people according to their aptitude (performance and work experience), and gives employees the opportunity to develop their skills.
One of RBI’s diversity fields of action focuses on the inclusion of people with disabilities. The aim is to break down inhibitions, generate awareness, increase social skills, and employ more qualified employees with disabilities. RBI has with this regard a successful cooperation with ”Specialisterne Austria“, an organization that matches talented individuals with Asperger syndrom and companies that urgently require their special talents in areas such as IT, quality management, data management, or finance and controlling.
Finally, it is the ability that counts for RBI. Therefore, we seek for diverse talents and participate in programs like the myAbility disability talent program to be an employer of choice also for students with disability.
