IPG to Host National Day of Understanding Focused on Issues of Race, Ethnicity and Inclusion
December 07 2018 - 09:30AM
Event Features Thought Leaders Eddie S.
Glaude, Jr., Katherine Phillips, Derald Wing Sue and Kenji
Yoshino
Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG) announced today that it will join
more than 150 companies across the U.S. for the Day of
Understanding, initiated by the CEO Action for Diversity and
Inclusion™ on December 7th, 2018. Michael Roth, Chairman and
CEO of IPG, is a CEO Action signatory; CEO Action is the largest
CEO-driven business commitment to advance diversity and inclusion
in the workplace, and was launched in 2017. The IPG event will take
place live in New York City at the company’s headquarters and will
be webcast to locations around the U.S., with agencies across the
country planning viewing events at their offices.
The Day of Understanding is intended to facilitate frank
conversations and help bridge cultural divides inside and outside
of the workplace. It is designed to include and to benefit all
employees, regardless of race, gender or cultural affiliation.
IPG’s participation is co-sponsored by the company’s global
networks FCB, IPG Mediabrands and McCann Worldgroup; the event will
feature top experts who will help foster discussion and greater
understanding of the experiences of People of Color, immigrants, as
well as specific religious and cultural groups. Speakers will also
cover how various types of bias manifest, and will share tools to
overcome discomfort about discussing and addressing these types of
issues.
“Our identities have a lot to do with how we process what
happens in the world and how we respond to personal experiences, as
well as experiences in the workplace,” noted Heide Gardner, Chief
Diversity and Inclusion Officer, IPG. “Our world is super-charged
with conflict based around racial, ethnic and cultural identity as
well as immigrant status. How we experience this conflict
influences our work and our experiences with colleagues and that’s
why it’s so important that we provide a forum to talk about
difficult issues at events like our Day of Understanding
discussion,” she continued.
“Diversity and inclusion has long been a focus for all of us at
IPG,” said Michael Roth, IPG’s Chairman and CEO. “We need to
embrace our differences and provide opportunities for our employees
to discuss them and to address how they affect our workplace. This
is no longer an option for companies that want to continue to be
successful – it’s a mandate. We want to ensure that our
employees feel comfortable and safe coming to work every day, and
that we address any issues that may arise. Forums like this
are an important part of creating an environment where our
employees can do their best work every day, and can all have an
equal opportunity to succeed in a safe and respectful environment.
These are complex issues and today’s programming is another step on
our continuing journey of inclusion,” he said.
IPG’s participation in the National Day of Understanding is part
of the company ’s long-term commitment to diversity, equity and
inclusion, which includes a commitment to addressing common
societal barriers to belonging and to maximizing contributions from
diverse employees.
The company has reinforced its commitment to inclusion with
communications from top executives, as well as hosting “town hall”
conference calls following racially or culturally charged events,
like those in Charlottesville, Pittsburgh, and Kentucky. IPG also
hosted a call with one of the company’s top immigration attorneys
in the wake of changes to DACA policy that impacted current
employees and their families. In January, IPG will launch a new
resource, the Diversity and Inclusion Assistance Line (DIAL), a
call-in line specifically designed to help employees work through
diversity-related issues
IPG’s programming for the National Day of Understanding will
feature:
- Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., Author, Democracy in Black: How Race
Still Enslaves the American Soul, Chair, Center for
African-American Studies, James S. McDonnell Distinguished
University Professor, Princeton University
- Katherine Phillips, Author, Diversity and Groups, Reuben Mark
Professor of Organizational Character Management, Columbia Business
School, Columbia University
- Derald Wing Sue, Author, Micro-aggressions in Every Day Life,
and Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and
Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race, Professor of Psychology
and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University
- Kenji Yoshino, Author, Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our
Civil Rights, Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional
Law and Director of the Center for Diversity, Inclusion and
Belonging, NYU School of Law
IPG’s diversity initiatives include formal goals and objectives
for agencies and executives, robust metrics to measure progress,
strategic communications and applying internal and external
research to shape a portfolio of highly targeted activities and
programs as well as an array of events from its business resource
groups – the Asian Heritage Group, the Black Employee Network, the
IPGLBT, Somos, the Latino Employee Group, and the Women’s
Leadership Network. IPG and its executives have been recognized for
their work on diversity and inclusion by organizations including
the New York Urban League, the Human Rights Campaign and the
American Advertising Federation (AAF).
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