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TweetDiversity management is recognized annually in our DiversityInc Top 50 list. But how is the DiversityInc Top 50 determined?
Surveys are sent out in October to all interested companies that have at least 1,000 employees, with a due date for an online submission by March 1, 2013. There is no fee to enter and companies that have business relationships with DiversityInc get no preference. Every company that fills out the survey receives a free report card assessing performance in those four areas measured: CEO Commitment, Human Capital, Corporate and Organizational Communications, and Supplier Diversity.
The survey consists of more than 300 empirical questions (no subjective or qualitative information) in diversity management, which have predetermined weightings. Ratios between key factors in diversity management, such as demographics of managers compared with managers who received promotions and demographics of the workforce compared with people promoted into their first management positions, play a significant factor in determining point scores. Companies must score above average in all four areas of diversity management to earn a spot on the list and demonstrate strong consistency across the board in their diversity-management initiatives. Companies are measured within their industry classifications.
The same application is used to determine placement on the 13 other lists: The DiversityInc Top 10 Companies for Recruitment & Retention; The DiversityInc Top 10 Companies for Supplier Diversity; The DiversityInc Top 10 Companies for Blacks; The DiversityInc Top 10 Companies for Latinos; The DiversityInc Top 10 Companies for Asian Americans; The DiversityInc Top 10 Companies for Executive Women; The DiversityInc Top 10 Companies for LGBT Employees; The DiversityInc Top 10 Companies for People With Disabilities; DiversityInc’s 25 Noteworthy Companies; The DiversityInc Top 10 Companies for Global Diversity; The DiversityInc Top 10 Regional Companies; The DiversityInc Top 5 Utilities; and The DiversityInc Top 5 Hospital Systems. View all the lists at www.DiversityInc.com/top50.
In 2013, we will also have The DiversityInc Top 10 Companies for Veterans.
DiversityInc’s 25 Noteworthy Companies list is a list of companies chosen by our senior editorial staff that have potential to make the DiversityInc Top 50 next year because their diversity-management initiatives show significant improvement.
Any company that does not offer same-sex domestic-partner benefits is automatically disqualified from the DiversityInc Top 50 and any of the other lists. We also factor the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index into the overall DiversityInc Top 50 score. Read our analysis of the HRC’s Corporate Equality Index for more information.
