Editor's view: CEO's 'offensive' all-staff email – the jumbotron is always on

Far-reported email included sexist language

Jen Frost
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Professional Adviser editor Jen Frost on exposing an “offensive” CEO all-staff email and why the jumbotron is (and should be) always on for financial services leaders.

Most Tuesday mornings start innocuously for me. A mildly delayed train ride, a podcast, a skim of stock exchange updates, maybe a lukewarm hot chocolate if I'm really pushing the boat out. One Tuesday this month, things took a different turn. I was going through the usual motions when I cracked open my work inbox, looked once, looked twice, read a bit, and spluttered on my then-cold drink. That spluttering was because somebody had tracked me down to share an inappropriate email that had been sent to all staff at a City business by the firm's CEO. The business in question was London-ba...

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