Dennis the 'Bloody Peasant'
30th May 2012, 10:54
Lord Browne, the former chief executive of BP, is urging companies to do more to end discrimination against homosexuals.
Speaking at the launch (http://www.arup.com/Home/News/2012_05_May/~/media/Files/PDF/News_and_Press/2012_05_May/Lord_Browne_of_Madingley_Arup_Connect_Out_Lecture_ 29_May_2012.ashx) of Connect Out, a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender network set up by Arup, the engineering and design consultants, he said:
"My sense is that the business world remains more intolerant of homosexuality than other worlds such as the legal profession, the media and the visual arts… I am one of a handful of publicly gay people to have run a FTSE 100 company.
"In some industries, the situation is particularly bad. Among the many people I know in private equity, where I now work, fewer than 1% are openly gay."
He therefore wants "leaders in companies, and not just in human resources" to "think about inclusion in every decision they take". He says: "It comes down to a simple maxim - don't do anything that excludes people."
And he feels that change requires "rigorous performance measurement", the establishment of "concrete targets".
(Read more at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18258538)
A Lord and capitalist talking a lil bit of sense? Hmm..it can happen I suppose.
Speaking at the launch (http://www.arup.com/Home/News/2012_05_May/~/media/Files/PDF/News_and_Press/2012_05_May/Lord_Browne_of_Madingley_Arup_Connect_Out_Lecture_ 29_May_2012.ashx) of Connect Out, a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender network set up by Arup, the engineering and design consultants, he said:
"My sense is that the business world remains more intolerant of homosexuality than other worlds such as the legal profession, the media and the visual arts… I am one of a handful of publicly gay people to have run a FTSE 100 company.
"In some industries, the situation is particularly bad. Among the many people I know in private equity, where I now work, fewer than 1% are openly gay."
He therefore wants "leaders in companies, and not just in human resources" to "think about inclusion in every decision they take". He says: "It comes down to a simple maxim - don't do anything that excludes people."
And he feels that change requires "rigorous performance measurement", the establishment of "concrete targets".
(Read more at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18258538)
A Lord and capitalist talking a lil bit of sense? Hmm..it can happen I suppose.