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The
DiversityInc 2006 Top 50 Companies for Diversity
Overview of the 2006 List
The Top 50: The Nation's Most Credible Diversity Business List
A total of 256 companies participated in the Top 50 this year, a 100 percent increase over the last three years. Why? Credibility. The June issue is the most popular of the year as we connect the companies' data to their actual results in the workplace and the marketplace.
» Read the 2006 Top 50 Article.The Methodology
Companies earn their spots based on their responses to more than 200 detailed questions on human capital, CEO commitment, corporate communications and supplier diversity. Based on six years of surveys and statistical analysis, the questions are increasingly sophisticated and discerning.
» Read 2006 Methodology Article
Articles in
the June Issue
You can receive the June issue if you subscribe to DiversityInc magazine today.
Avoiding Lawsuits
How have the Top 50, some of whom have been the subject of major class-action lawsuits, learned to strategically manage diversity to avoid major liabilities?
Global Diversity
Companies on the Top 50 must compete internationally for talent and future market growth. They demonstrate how strong diversity-management strategies permeate the global arena.
Gay Issues, The Real Corporate-Diversity Test
Some Top 50 companies are getting boycott threats for their support of GLBT
rights. How are these diversity leaders fighting back, and why is it crucial
for corporate America to protect gay rights?
The Specialty Lists
A look at companies making the nine specialty lists—the
Top 10 Companies for Recruitment & Retention, Supplier Diversity, African
Americans, Latinos, Asians, Executive Women, GLBT Employees, and People With
Disabilities, as well as the 25 Noteworthy Companies.
Plus:
Scorecard, Leadership Profiles, Calendar, People & Places and People & Events.
Contact Us
If you have questions about the Top 50, please contact:
Editorial Questions: editor@diversityinc.com
About DiversityInc
DiversityInc is a monthly business magazine published by DiversityInc Media LLC, a privately owned company with no outside investors. Launched in 2002 as an extension of DiversityInc.com, DiversityInc magazine and its daily news site are the nation's leading sources of information for cutting-edge knowledge of the business case for diversity. DiversityInc magazine offers readers more in-depth articles and substantive analysis, building on the company's history as the premier expert on reporting and analyzing diversity issues and their impact on U.S. society and business.
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Oil Companies, White Women and Diversity
By Luke Visconti
Why aren't there any oil companies in The 2007 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity? And why do they think having white women means they are diversity champions? The White Guy knows the answers. ...more
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New Names on The List: Top 50 Surprises
By Yoji Cole
Why is THAT company on the list? Find out how diversity newcomers, as well as companies that have been in high-profile lawsuits, become national champions. Read this story from the June 2006 issue of DiversityInc magazine. ...more
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The 25 Noteworthy Companies
The 25 Noteworthy Companies were close to making The 2006 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies list and all excel in at least one, and in most cases several, of the four areas we measure—CEO commitment, human capital, corporate communications and supplier diversity. ...more
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The Top 10 Companies for GLBT Employees
To ascertain this Top 10, we examined questions in our survey relating to GLBT issues, including recruitment, domestic-partner and work/life benefits, employee-resource groups and supplier diversity. We also factored in the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index as well as a thorough review of each company's Web site to evaluate its stated commitment, through words and images, to the GLBT community. ...more
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The Top 10 Companies for Latinos
By the Editors of DiversityInc
Almost half the U.S. population growth last year was comprised of Latinos, according to recent U.S. Census Bureau data. So it's more urgent than ever that companies reach this burgeoning market. How better to do that than to get the ideas and community inroads offered by Latino employees? ...more
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The Top 10 Companies for Executive Women
By the Editors of DiversityInc
What makes a company strong for executive women? It has to be a place where they can grow professionally, be mentored and be mentors, be compensated and promoted equally to men, and achieve a successful work/life balance. It's important to note that of this top 10, 50 percent are financial-services companies, part of an industry that has been the pioneer in careers for executive women and continues to lead the pack ...more
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The Top 10 Companies for Supplier Diversity
By the Editors of DiversityInc
Want to know how rare really good supplier diversity is? According to national industry estimates, companies that have supplier-diversity programs (and that's less than a quarter of Fortune 500 companies) spend an average of..... ...more
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The Top 10 Companies for Recruitment & Retention
By the Editors of DiversityInc
The DiversityInc Top 10 Companies for Recruitment & Retention (R&R) are the national leaders in human-capital diversity, compared with the 256 participants in this year's Top 50 Companies for Diversity survey and employers throughout the nation. ...more
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Press Coverage
April 18, 2006: CNBC "Morning Call,"- Exclusive interview on national media with DiversityInc Partner and Cofounder Luke Visconti announcing The 2006 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity. The top five companies...... ...more
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Top 50 Companies for Diversity: Frequently Asked Questions
By the Editors of DiversityInc
The DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list is derived exclusively from corporate survey submissions. The survey is organized in four areas: CEO commitment, human capital, corporate communications and supplier diversity. ...more
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Global Diversity: The Next Frontier
By Peter Ortiz
Corporate America faces a challenging enough task understanding the increasingly diverse United States, but to remain competitive, companies must address what happens on a larger playing field. Read this story from the June 2006 issue of DiversityInc magazine. Embracing diversity globally requires an appreciation of distinctive societal, governmental and cultural values, including a lack of metrics that U.S. diversity leaders rely upon as benchmarking tools. ...more
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The Top 10 Companies for Supplier Diversity
By the Editors of DiversityInc
The DiversityInc Top 10 Companies for Supplier Diversity earned their spots based on many factors, including percentage of procurement budget spent with Tier I and Tier II (subcontractor) diverse suppliers; third-party certification of minority- and women-owned firms and not defining supplier diversity as including all small businesses. ...more
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The Top 10 Companies for People With Disabilities
By the Editors of DiversityInc
The companies on The Top 10 Companies for People With Disabilities list demonstrate a nurturing, respectful corporate environment where all employees can reach their potential. To ascertain this list, we looked at recruitment and marketing programs aimed at people with disabilities, employee-resource groups, diversity training and we examined the Web sites of the company's to see if they mentioned and featured images of people with disabilities. ...more
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The Top 10 Companies for Latinos
By the Editors of DiversityInc
Almost half the U.S. population growth last year was comprised of Latinos, according to recent U.S. Census Bureau data. So it's more urgent than ever that companies reach this burgeoning market. How better to do that than to get the ideas and community inroads offered by Latino employees? Read this story from the June 2006 issue of DiversityInc magazine. ...more
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The Top 10 Companies for GLBT Employees
By the Editors of DiversityInc
Consider this statistic about the Top 10 companies for GLBT Employees: All 10 of them have active programs to recruit for GLBT employees, compared with 69 percent of the Top 50 and 21 percent of the bottom quarter of survey respondents. There were 256 participants in the survey. Want to know more stats about the top 10? ...more
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The Top 10 Companies for Executive Women
By the Editors of DiversityInc
What makes a company strong for executive women? It has to be a place where they can grow professionally, be mentored and be mentors, be compensated and promoted equally to men, and achieve a successful work/life balance. It's important to note that of this top 10, 50 percent are financial-services companies, part of an industry that has been the pioneer in careers for executive women and continues to lead the pack. ...more
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