Why we need Gender Equality, Diversity and Corporate Responsibility more than ever

50 Shades of Hospitality

In this podcast, Mary Mayenfisch-Tobin discusses gender equality, sustainability and corporate responsibility in the hospitality and tourism fields. Using her lifetime experience as a lawyer, educator and activist, Mary looks at the current global situation with a critical eye and explains why it is in the interest of hospitality and tourism companies to ensure that they put ethical and sustainable business practices into practice.

Mary also touches on why it is important for business to be inclusive and the disastrous consequences of making decisions without all the stakeholders around the table. Finally, Mary stresses the importance of including law and human rights courses in hospitality, event, tourism and sport management curriculum.

Mary Mayenfisch-Tobin is a lawyer and accredited mediator with substantial experience in private practice with corporate in-house capacity. Mary has a lifetime of experience in Business and Human Rights, Corporate Social Responsibility and issues pertaining to male/female equality. She is an expert in issues relating to Hospitality and Tourism Law and in matters relating to Common law succession and contract law.
Mary formerly worked as Law Professor at the Ecole Hotelière de Lausanne lecturing in Hospitality and Business Law and went on to become Director of the Pepperdine University program in Lausanne, where she established the campus in Switzerland in 2006. She also lectured on International Business law with a focus on human rights.
Mary is experienced in matters of education, works in the area of student counselling, stakeholder relations and outreach, business development, as well as the organisation of internships. She is a specialist in the area of Business and Human Rights, she has worked, lobbied and lectured in the Swiss Romand area since 2005.