Double Standards?

There has been much written (and discussed) about the announcement last week that Publicis was opting out of the award show circuit.

I couldn't care one way or the other to be honest as I reckon there are far too many award shows giving awards to the same pieces of work.

What I want to know is why an agency group can make a call this big, seemingly on a whim, but they can't do something just as radical about adland's ongoing diversity issue.

Double standards or what?