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IBA Annual Conference Mexico City 2024

15 Sep - 20 Sep 2024

PALACIO DE CANAL 3, LEVEL E1

Session information

Clash between personal beliefs and corporate culture and implications for free speech

Monday 16 September (1115 - 1230)

PALACIO DE CANAL 3, LEVEL E1

Committee(s)

Diversity and Equality Law Committee (Lead)

Description

In the past, businesses preferred to remain apolitical – to not be involved or active – in supporting or promoting any particular religious, social or political initiatives or causes. Today, more and more businesses are actively taking and promoting positions on such matters as part of their corporate culture and encouraging (and in some cases requiring) employees to follow suit. This is increasingly resulting in conflict where employees argue that their personal rights are being infringed at the expense of corporate culture.

Session / Workshop Chair(s)

Yvonne Frederiksen LL.M.	Norrbom Vinding, Copenhagen, Denmark; Conference Quality Officer, Diversity and Equality Law Committee
Stuart Harrison	ENS, Cape Town, South Africa

Speakers

Raquel Florez	Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Madrid, Spain
Ana Carolina García Arambarri	Diageo, Mexico City, Mexico
Monica Schiaffino Perez	Littler Mendelson, Mexico City, Mexico
Sheila Schiffman	Vitesco Technologies, Clarkston, Michigan, USA

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