The Olympics, and How it is One of the Greatest Demonstrations of Human Resources
The Olympics are an exceptional collection of human talent assembled to perform at their highest level with the best coaching, tools, and highest goals possible. Compliance, performance management, training and development, selection, it's a showcase of HR expertise. Plus, social issues and athlete management is at the center of controversy. 
Racism and Sexism in the 2016 Olympics

Audiences and athletes are eager for an Olympics where female athletes and athletes of color receive the same praise white, male athletes have enjoyed for decades. Maybe they'll get it right for Tokyo 2020.
Doping: an HR Compliance Nightmare

Of the approximately 11,000 athletes who competed in Rio, at least 120 had served suspensions or had to return medals because of doping but were reinstated in time for this year's Games. This was about one out of every 100 competitors.

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Diversity is the Big Winner in the Rio Games 

Team USA featured more women athletes than male athletes (292 to 263). Ibtihaj Muhammed, a Muslim-American fencer who went on to win a bronze medal, became the first Olympian to compete while wearing a hijab. Our women's gymnastics team-also known as the "Final Five"-was the most racially and ethnically diverse in the team's history...

Compensation of Olympic Athletes...It's Not What you Think

More than 11,000 athletes marched into Rio de Janeiro's Maracanã
 stadium...officially kicking off the 2016  Olympic Games. Only a handful of them, however, will return home to their countries with medals. Even fewer will find monetary rewards for the tremendous investment many have had to make to reach the Rio games.

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Monetary, Social, Health Scares and Political Issues at the Center of the Rio Olympics: Keeping Athletes and Spectators Safe

So instead of the standard backdrop of revelry, athletic conquest  and  confusing mascots , the Rio games will take root in the eye of a storm of social, political, and physical upheaval. Here's everything that has gone wrong in the lead-up to August's Olympic Games.

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