Equal Opportunities

In our own employment practices and in the provision of services, to Consulting Tools equality means:

• Providing fairness and equality of opportunity
• Recognising and respecting differences in cultures, values and
• religious beliefs across the different countries and societies in which we work
• Using technologies in creative ways to increase equality of opportunity, for example in access to our services
• Challenging discriminatory practices so that we demonstrate our commitment to equality 

In practice, our commitment means that we:

• Build fairness in to what we do
• Provide services which are accessible to everyone
• Provide equality of opportunity in work practices
• Provide learning and development opportunities for all our team
• Select suppliers that do not tolerate discriminatory practices
• Seek to continuously improve what we do based on equality
• Develop work environments where people are valued and respected 

Disability Discrimination Act, 1995

Consulting Tools' 360-degree on-line system adheres to the Disability Discrimination Act (1995), (Part III - Access to Goods and Services) in the following areas:

• On-screen colour contrast
  Our on-line 360º Feedback questionnaire pages have a simple and clear page layout consisting of a plain white background, incorporating the client logo at the top of the page and instruction and question text appear in a client defined colour

• Ability to adjust text size within the browser
  On screen text can be resized using the browsers text size menu providing legibility for visually impaired respondents
  
  Compatibility with screen reading (synthesized speech) software is being introduced

• Text alternatives for every image on-screen
  Apart from the client logo or banner at the top of the screen we use plain text within the questionnaire. The instruction text, the scale, response capture and questions are all displayed in plain text which allows respondents to re-size as required and doesn't necessitate providing text alternatives for images
  
  Text and graphics are understandable when viewed without colour
  Our 360 on-line questionnaires are compatible without colour, for example when using Windows XP High Contrast Display for easy reading

• Web pages that work with a mouse, a wand, the keyboard, etc.
  The on-line questionnaire can be completed using a mouse, a light pen or wand, touch screen or a keyboard from start to finish

• Clear navigation mechanisms 
  The questionnaire allows for access from one screen to another with ease. On progressing through the questionnaire, candidates are able to navigate forward and backwards until they reach the summary screen at the end of the questionnaire which shows all of the responses. From here changes can be made with navigation back to the relevant page to edit responses. Upon completion a "Thank You" page is displayed informing respondents that their data is saved and that they can exit their browser.