Last January 17, 2023, at Davos, Publicis CEO, Arthur Sadoun has asked to major companies to "break the taboo of cancer in the workplace." He presented a platform on which companies "will be able to present their commitments to their employees with cancer"
Arthur is the boss of one of the world's third largest communications group and has himself faced cancer in April 2022 (from which he recovered)
In a world where one in every two people will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime[1], the Publicis Foundation is launching the first cross-industry coalition to erase the stigma of cancer in the workplace, supported by leading cancer charities and organizations including Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), Macmillan Cancer Support, Working With Cancer and the Gustave Roussy Institute. In April 2022, Publicis CEO Arthur Sadoun was diagnosed and treated for cancer. After making his condition public, he received thousands of testimonies that exposed the fear those with cancer experienced, not only for their lives, but also for their jobs. Those messages reflected an unsettling reality that Working with Cancer aims to address: 50% of cancer patients are afraid to tell their employer about their diagnosis, despite 92% feeling that support at work positively impacts their health.
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