Wendy Goldberg, Bilal Khaleeq and Nancy Kirk from The Tri-Faith Initiative spoke March 4 to The Young Professionals Summit at the Qwest Center.

 

The session invited the attendees to consider three cases where religious diversity could impact business.  One group discussed how to develop what used to be called the office “Christmas party” in a religiously diverse workplace.
 
Another group discussed the case of a Dunkin Donuts franchise in L.A. owned by a Muslim who lost the franchise because he refused to serve the chain’s pork breakfast sandwiches.  The third group looked at a case of employee uniforms that didn’t meet the modesty needs of some employees.
 
They came up with interesting approaches after examining the issues from all sides. For some it was the first time they realized there were issues of religious diversity which could affect their companies, their customers and their work as managers.
 

Blake Mycoskie Also presenting at this event was Blake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS Shoes, as Keynote Speaker;  and William Taylor, founding editor of Fast Company, as the Closing Speaker. 

 

Blake Mycoskie, founder and chief shoe giver of Tom’s Shoes.

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