Pride@SAP North America Overview
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Pride@SAP North America is a sub-chapter of Pride@SAP, SAP's global network for colleagues who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and beyond, and supporters and allies.
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- 1. #RunProuder Pride@SAP North America 2016 Overview
- 2. © 2015 SAP SE. All rights reserved. 2 LGBT at SAP: Around the World
- 3. © 2015 SAP SE. All rights reserved. 3 LGBT Rights Around the World A Global Context for a Global Business
- 4. © 2015 SAP SE. All rights reserved. 4 LGBT Rights in the USA in 2016 ENDA: Employment Non-Discrimination Act SAP’s support strives to rectify this situation: It is legal to be fired for being gay in 28 states; for being transgender in 31 states For example, in Pennsylvania it is legal to be fired for being gay or transgender Reference: Wikipedia Via Out & Equal Workplace Advocates: As the LGBT community celebrates a historic win with the right to marry across the United States, companies are also asking what, if anything, this means for them. LGBT Americans are still not protected in the workplace in 28 states based on sexual orientation, and in 31 based on gender identity. In nearly 80 countries it is illegal to be LGBT. This means that couples who now have the right to marry in the United States could be fired for doing so, or imprisoned if traveling outside the country for work.
- 5. © 2015 SAP SE. All rights reserved. 5 In the Silicon Valley in California, we are privileged enough to enjoy: Basic human rights The protection of laws for our family Job security Not fearing for our lives for being who we are What must we do on behalf of those who aren’t? Colleagues who: Don’t dare come out in India Fear for their physical safety in Russia Cannot safely move with their spouses to the office in Saudi Arabia Fear for their jobs in some places in the US Feel helpless and see no options to go on right here at home LGBT at Work: Taking a Global Perspective
- 6. © 2015 SAP SE. All rights reserved. 6 SAP’s global lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) employee network – since 2001 Includes newer local subchapters Increases the understanding of work and life issues; supports lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) colleagues to be more open about who we are and how awareness of LGBT issues contribute to SAP's success Helps us feel safe being who we are at work Gives back to SAP and our communities The Global Pride@SAP Employee Network
- 7. © 2015 SAP SE. All rights reserved. 7 Pride@SAP North America – Our Role MAJOR GOAL Under the umbrella of Global Pride@SAP, make the North America region a great place to work for current and future LGBT employees, thus helping achieve SAP and SAP customers’ vision and objectives. OBJECTIVES Raise awareness with leaders, managers and employees of the business value of full inclusion, why authenticity is key, and how to create a fair, safe and comfortable working environment for the North America-based LGBT SAP team members and their supporters. Support Global Pride@SAP in doing the same. Provide an open, safe, and fun social and networking forum in Silicon Valley for self-identified LGBT employees and supporters, and help enable other locations to do the same. Working together inclusively, give back to Labs North America and our communities, helping to support and enrich the goal of diversity in North America and SAP as a whole with our activities. Our activities support these objectives.
- 8. © 2015 SAP SE. All rights reserved. 8 Pride@SAP North America – Major Achievements Year Achievement 2009 / 2010 100 points in the Corporate Equality Index (CEI) of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) 2010 Pride@SAP Palo Alto rejuvenates 2011 Pride@SAP rallies around anti-bullying theme 2012 It Gets Better: SAP Employees film release, premieres in US & DE - http://spr.ly/YTgetsbetter 2013 Regained 100 points in HRC CEI, returning as “best place to work” for LGBT colleagues Local chapter grows to Pride@SAP North America 2014 LGBT Ally Film Released SAP reaches out to LGBT employee networks in Silicon Valley SAP sustains 100% perfect score in HRC CEI 2015 Pride@SAP North America welcomes Jenny Dearborn as executive sponsor! SAP signs on to support ENDA SAP marches in SF Pride for first time
- 9. © 2015 SAP SE. All rights reserved. 9 45th Annual San Francisco Pride Parade, June 28, 2015 SAP Silicon Valley Participation Key Accomplishments • Over 350 marchers led by our grand marshal, Pride@SAP Global Executive Sponsor and Chief Learning Officer Jenny Dearborn • #RunProuder Social Media Campaign: 3.2 Million Impressions 245 Unique contributors who published 808 Tweets • #SFPride Twitter Picture Contest • SAP News covered the event in San Francisco as well as a similar event in Berlin
- 10. © 2015 SAP SE. All rights reserved. 10 Key Communications: The SAPsv #RunProuder 2015 SF Pride Parade Story Success! Excellent Coverage SAP Runs Prouder for LGBT Pride (video) Megan Meany's The Spin We're Here, We're Queer, We're Good For Business - Forbes SAP Waves the Rainbow Flag - SAP News (internal) - Mit Stoltz dabai (auf Deutsch) We're Here, We're Queer, We're Good For Business - SAP News Center (external) We're Here, We're Queer, We're Good For Business - SCN - Robin Meyerhoff Footage of entire parade (SAP's part near the end) Pictures (upload your own) #RunProuder Tweets SAP picture in Biz Journal
- 11. © 2015 SAP SE. All rights reserved. 11 Twitter Highlights
- 12. © 2015 SAP SE. All rights reserved. 12
- 13. © 2015 SAP SE. All rights reserved. 13
- 14. © 2015 SAP SE. All rights reserved. 14
- 15. © 2015 SAP SE. All rights reserved. 15 Pride@SAP North America Continuing Activities & Goals Activities Monthly lunches Volunteer service activities Conference sponsorship and speaking engagements SAP People and Diversity Weeks representation Major Initiatives 2016 San Francisco Pride Parade 2016 Maintain 100% on HRC CEI Secure SAP support for Equality Act, successor to ENDA Secure major sponsorship for Lesbians Who Tech Summit, Out & Equal Summit Continue to foster a Silicon-Valley wide LGBT-tech business network with volunteer activities and Billy DeFrank Center sponsorship Continue to support employees globally in less-tolerant environments Get Involved! https://go.sap.corp/NAPride (SAP-internal link)
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- Contact: moya.watson@sap.com – @moyalynne erika.jackson@sap.com – @erika613 http://www.slideshare.net/moyalynne/pridesap-north-america-overview
- LGBT colleagues at SAP around the world Global Pride@SAP members: SAP LGBT-self-identified colleagues on a global distribution list Main Countries: Germany and US. Next ones: Brazil, Nordics, UK and Spain. But presence in others in the regions: Europe, Middle East and Africa: France, Ireland, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Norway, Belgium, Israel and South Africa. Americas: Also in Canada, Mexico and Argentina. Asia Pacific: Australia, Philippines, China, Japan and India. Take a look at the clusters of regions – now take a look at the next map.
- What can we do in other regions where local law prohibits (or worse) being LGBT, which is in direct contrast to corporate and supplier non-discrimination policies?
- Your experience being LGBT differs widely not only around the world but also in this country. On June 26, 2015, the US legalized marriage across the land, not only removing hurdles for families but solving the costly patchwork of inconsistent marriage laws for business (http://www.freedomtomarry.org/press/press-release/new-report-inconsistent-marriage-laws-cost-businesses-1.3-billion-annually). However workplace protections are still lacking. Via Out&Equal: As the LGBT community celebrates a historic win with the right to marry across the United States, companies are also asking what, if anything, this means for them. LGBT Americans are still not protected in the workplace in 28 states based on sexual orientation, and in 31 based on gender identity. In nearly 80 countries it is illegal to be LGBT. This means that couples who now have the right to marry in the United States could be fired for doing so, or imprisoned if traveling outside the country for work. Purple: forbid discrimination in all employment based on sexual orientation and gender identity Blue: forbid discrimination in all employment based on sexual orientation only Pink: forbid discrimination in state employment based on sexual orientation and gender identity Turquoise: forbid discrimination in state employment based on sexual orientation only Grey: no protection New York: sexual orientation protected; gender identity protected only in state employment ENDA: ENDA is supported by many prominent business peers and we’re proud that SAP joined to sign on in April 2015. This non-discrimination act has failed to pass in the US for decades, and perhaps continually rising business support will help. External SAP news article: http://www.news-sap.com/diversity-at-sap/ There is an updated and more all-encompassing version of ENDA called the Equality Act that succeeded ENDA in 2015. We want to work with SAP to secure support for this new version. While SAP’s policy forbids discrimination, discrimination is a real fear in states where SAP has offices – for example in major Labs location and seat of SAP America, Newtown Square The patchwork of marriage laws across the country was costly to SAP and other businesses - So what can and must we do to support colleagues from vastly different environments?
- It is a global corporate responsibility to help support colleagues. As we know all too well, not everyone in every circumstance can be an LGBT leader or can even be out. There are places around the world (and maybe not too far from here) where you risk your job or worse just for being out. Our global and local employee networks are key to making SAP and the world a better place to be for LGBT colleagues. See for example: “New Anti-LGBT Laws in Russia: What Should My Company Do? - Executive Briefing 10.22.13” http://outandequal.org/workplace-resources#russia -- http://outandequal.org/documents/Russian_Briefing.pdf Introducing Pride@SAP in next slides:
- Grassroots employee networks: individuals make the difference Global HomoSAPiens is based in SAP HQ in Walldorf SAP’s oldest Employee Resource Group A host of major accomplishments; in existence since 2001
- Pride@SAP North America is a subchapter of Global Pride@SAP.