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Best practice & Ethics
IBM tops Stonewall's workplace equality index
Computer company IBM
is Britain’s most gay-friendly employer, topping an index compiled by
Stonewall, the gay lobby group. Larry
Hirst, IBM UK country general manager, said to top Stonewall’s
workplace equality
index was a source of tremendous pride for the company. He added that the
principles of diversity, inclusion and equality must be at the centre of any
modern and successful business.
However, while praising the advances made by British
business, Stonewall chief executive Ben Summerskill warned, “A pink plateau
still exists in too much of the British workplace”. The case for inclusion is
not just one of fair treatment, he said, but about obtaining a competitive
advantage in the labour market.
Lloyds TSB was
named most improved employer. The bank’s head of equality and diversity, Fiona
Cannon, said The Stonewall index had been instrumental in helping understand
best practice in this area.
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IBM
Stonewall
Workplace Equality
Index
February, 2007 |
