In the meantime, the store’s CEO duties will be performed by director of operations, Elena Bezugla.
Yakaboo bookstore CEO Ivan Bohdan, who made a sexist judgment during the panel discussion Ukrainian Book: After the War, Away from Moscow, said he will step down. He wrote it on Facebook.
He published his post a few hours after the start of the scandal.
“I want to publicly apologize to everyone. My unsuccessful expression yesterday at a panel discussion about the photo of a modern Ukrainian reader caused a justified indignation on social networks. I understand that such words are not acceptable in any form and in any situation. Believe me, I’m very sorry for what happened yesterday. I never thought like that and there is no prejudice in the gender issue. This is an important lesson for me. I understand all the responsibility and understand the consequences. We in the company made a hard but correct joint decision – I will leave the position of CEO of Yakaboo,” said Bogdan.
In addition, the bookstore also apologized to viewers for what the leader said.
“Ivan Bogdan made a very unfortunate mistake by unsuccessfully speaking about women during a public discussion. We are sure that Ivan Bogdan had no intention to hurt anyone, because he was not has always had biases in gender matters and has always treated women with respect. But his statement is not compatible with the values, culture and beliefs that our Company, our Shareholders, our Team uphold. The values are not a piece of paper on the wall. They are tested through actions and appropriate decisions. Respect for our customers, partners, employees is an important value of the company. There are no exceptions. In “In In this case, we made the only possible decision. Ivan Bogdan was removed from the management of the company. On behalf of Yakaboo, we apologize,” the statement said.
Let us remind you, earlier the German ministry was accused of sexism because of advertising. It’s about safe cycling, depicting a model in a bra
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