Hello all, 

I've got a bit of a workplace dilemma. One of our employees currently has a pro-Ukraine image on their profile picture for Outlook. Another employee has complained about this to me, and said it should be taken down as this is not the place to display personal or political views. They have also said that this is not appropriate for a global company in terms of inclusivity. 

We are a US parent owned company, with sites and customers worldwide. There is no global policy on etiquette for profile pictures but we have a standard email signature, which we are told cannot contain our own wording, words of wisdom etc. Profile pictures vary from head shots, to generic images / scenes, or the default setting which is the person's initials. This leaves me with the option to deal with the issue locally, however the company may 

I am speaking to the employee who has made the complaint later, but while I am trying to approach this in a neutral manner I feel that this is a really emotive topic - and whatever happens in the end, one of the people will be upset. Question is, which one should it be? The employee with the image could be offended at the request to take it down, and refuse. If the image remains, the employee who has complained could be offended, and what is to stop them putting up their own image (pro-Russia for example) in response?

Has anyone ever had to deal with anything like this lately? 

Thanks for any insight!