> On May 24, 2016, at 7:14 PM, Melinda Shore <melinda.shore@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 5/24/16 2:20 PM, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ wrote: >> I said this already a few messages ago. If instead of the IETF is a >> business meeting that your boss tell you need to go (at least in my >> country, and here comes what you said about different cultures), you >> will have no choice: a) Go there b) You’re fired, maybe unless a >> colleague can make it for you and your boss accept it But >> definitively, you will not be able to argue in front of a court to >> defend your job that you can’t go there because your family need to >> go there with you and that country don’t allow it. > > Allow me to suggest that you know no such thing, and that > you're presenting a strawman argument that may, in fact, > be completely false. US companies tend to come down on the > side of supporting diversity and rejecting bigotry - take > a look at the response to North Carolina's HB2. My employer has in their code of business conduct strong support for exactly what Melinda is saying. I do not believe anyone at my employer would be fired for being unwilling to put themselves in a position of sexual discrimination. My experience is that most large international companies have similar policies. > > It's fine to make conjectures, but please couch it in > terms of "I think this is what would happen." I believe > that in this case you'd be incorrect. > > Melinda >