WON Agenda- July 2010

Meeting Location:
PricewaterhouseCoopers
300 Madison Ave.
New York, NY

Social Media – leveraging it while managing risk, and How Diversity and Compliance Can Work Together for Better Results 

July 27-Diversity Day (9:00 AM-5:00 PM)

8:30 AM Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM Welcome and Introduction
Liz MacGillivray, ORC Worldwide

9:15 AM Diversity Trends and Developments – ORC update
Liz MacGillivray, ORC Worldwide

A review of new and noteworthy research and developments in diversity and inclusion strategy and management.

10:30 AM Break

10:45 AM Social Media and Diversity-Leveraging the Benefits while Managing the Risk (Not Available)
Jacqueline Wagner, Managing Director - Ethics & Compliance and Jack Teuber PricewaterhouseCoopers

Learn how PricewaterhouseCoopers and other members utilize social media for outreach, recruitment, employee resource groups and other activities to enhance diversity and inclusion effectiveness.

12:00 PM Lunch

1:00 PM LGBT Diversity Issues: Engaging Straight Allies in the Workplace
Marla Hassner, Director, Employee Relations, UBS and Empire State Pride Agenda, Pride in My Workplace

Marla will lead a participatory presentation about engaging straight allies. The discussion will explore some of the barriers and challenges to acting as a straight ally, and some strategies for successful engagement as a straight ally. The discussion will also address organizational strategies for ally inclusion in the LGBT diversity space.

2:00 PM Diversity Roundtable
Confidential Member Forum

Topics may be sent in advance to liz.macgillivray@orcww.com

3:15 PM Break

3:30 PM The Farmer and the Cowman Should Be Friends: Why Diversity and Legal Compliance Must Work Together

Panel discussion among members highlights some best practices for getting diversity and compliance working in harmony.

Panel includes:

• Nora Vele, Merck
• Peter Kim, Pfizer
• Margie Rivera, AstraZeneca

4:45 PM Adjourn

6:30 PM No-host dinner: Ruby Foo’s Times Square
1626 Broadway, New York, NY (212-489-5600)
Join us for a casual dinner to continue the dialogue and networking. Feel free to bring a guest!

July 28- Compliance Day (8:30 AM-2:30 PM)

8:00 AM Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM Welcome and Introduction
Nita Beecher, ORC Worldwide

ORC Legislative and Regulatory Update and Member Roundtable
Nita Beecher, ORC Worldwide

A review of recent cases, new and proposed legislation, and an update on the regulatory arena. As part of this discussion, members’ appropriate roundtable topics will be discussed.

Topics:

• Update on legislation
• Regulatory trends at OFCCP and EEOC
• Members’ experience with the “new” OFCCP
• Compliance with EO 13496
• Disability and veterans’ outreach

10:45 AM Break

11:00 AM Compliance Issues for Employers Around Social Media in the Workplace

Elise Bloom, Partner, Proskauer Rose

Elise is a well-known speaker on social media issues, and regularly advises clients with respect to the policies they need when it comes to their employees’ online activities. Elise's presentation will cover:

• The increasing convergence of social media and the workplace
• The employer's conundrum: ignoring employee blogs can result in legal liability, but so can the over-restriction of employees' online activities
• Related privacy, wage/hour, harassment and trade secret concerns
• The courts' take on employees who blog
• Practical steps every employer can take, including the creation of a written communications policy and the development regulations regarding hiring and screening procedures that make use of social networking media.

12:30 PM Lunch

1:30 PM Member Roundtable

2:30 PM Adjourn

Next Meeting: October 26-27, Washington, D.C. at Georgetown Conference Center

Register here: https://www.orcnetworks.com/node/3226