"During a Dell-hosted customer and partner summit in
Copenhagen in April, well-known public speaker and moderator,
Mads Christensen, made a number of inappropriate and insensitive
remarks about women. Dell sincerely apologizes for these
comments...Going forward, we will be more careful selecting
speakers at Dell events."
Although as CNET's Molly Wood points out, it falls a bit
short of being an adequate apology:
"Comments on the Google+ apology have noted that it's not a
particularly visible apology, which is true; it's also a
little tepid, primarily touting Dell's female-forward
initiatives rather than pointing out any actions it's taken in
response to that incident (a reprimand? a letter of apology to
the women -- and men -- in the audience that day?).
Nevertheless, it's something, and it's a better apology than
the one Danish Director Nicolai Moresco issued shortly after
the event."
--Elaine
(By the way--hello everyone! I don't usually post to this
list, which I suppose I've been lurking on for some time now,
but I've been semi-following this thread and I happened to
come across this coverage, so I thought I'd make myself useful
and post an update :) I currently intern in the WMF's
communications department, and you can also find me at
User:Revolutionetc)
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 2:56 AM, Ole
Palnatoke Andersen
<palnatoke@gmail.com>
wrote:
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 2:09 AM,
John Vandenberg
<jayvdb@gmail.com>
wrote:
...
Also worth noting, the Danish Wikipedia description
of Christiane
Vejlø (the tweeter) is very similar to that of Mads
Christensen, so
they are in the same sector, as is Christiane's
husband, and this
could have some bearing on how she wrote her piece
about Mads.
https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiane_Vejl%C3%B8
Christiane Vejlø and Mads Christensen are more or less in
the same sector (lifestyle and such); Christiane Vejlø's
husband is a stand up comedian.
Regards,
Ole
Disclaimer: I have participated in a social event with
Christiane a couple of years ago. Never met her husband
nor Mads.
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