Diversity
Advertising and communications need to speak to a diverseaudience. Our goal is to have a talent base that reflects thecommunities in which we operate.
We believe diversity contributes to creativity, new ideas and aricher workplace, and enhances our consumer understanding and insight.
Accordingly, WPP's non-discrimination policy, introduced in 1992, commits us to select, develop and promote the best people without regard to race, religion, colour, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status, military service, national origin or ancestry.
In 2004, women accounted for 32% of executive directors inour companies and 56% of total employees. There are three women on WPP's Board of directors.
In the US, WPP advertising agencies are part of Operation Success, an American Association of Advertising Agencies initiative to increase diversity in the US advertising industry.
We also sponsor events such as the Harvard Business School African-American Alumni Association conference, and a number of our companies participate in the AAAA's Multicultural Advertising Internship Program, which enables students from a range of ethnic backgrounds to gain work experience in the advertising industry.