Discover Recognized as a Best Place to Work for LGBT Equality
18 Dicembre 2013 - 3:30PM
Business Wire
Company Earns a Perfect Score on Human
Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index
Discover Financial Services has been named as a Best Place to
Work for LGBT Equality by the Human Rights Campaign’s Annual 2014
Corporate Equality Index. Discover earned a perfect score of 100 in
the report for advancing corporate practices, policies and benefits
related to LGBT employees.
“Discover’s perfect score is a testament to the value we place
on having a diverse workforce and practicing inclusive behaviors,”
said David Nelms, chairman and chief executive of Discover.
“Leveraging our diversity and providing options and benefits that
support our employees’ well-being are not only the right things to
do; they are also key business drivers that set us apart from our
competitors and make us a stronger organization.”
Nelms is an executive sponsor of Discover's Diversity and
Inclusion Advisory Board and supported the development of the
employee connection groups. PRIDE, which supports LGBT employees
and allies, is one of seven employee connection groups at Discover.
These grassroots groups work with Discover leadership to drive
business results, foster an inclusive environment, and promote
company success in the marketplace and community.
Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2014 Corporate Equality Index
(CEI) provides an in-depth analysis and rating of U.S. employers
and their policies and practices pertinent to lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender employees. Ratings are determined by the
number of criteria that are met by each company, such as employment
benefits and non-discrimination policies. Businesses that achieve a
rating of 100 percent in the report are recognized as “Best Places
to Work for LGBT Equality.”
“Corporate America has long recognized the imperative of LGBT
inclusion by implementing their own LGBT-friendly policies ahead of
lawmakers,” said Workplace Equality Program Director Deena Fidas.
“We are at the front of a new era in which major businesses are not
only meeting ever-higher new bars for workplace fairness, they are
exceeding them by becoming social and public policy change agents
in the process. They recognize equality is not just the right thing
to do, it is sound business practice.”
Over the past 12 years, the CEI has become the gold standard for
corporate policies and practices related to LGBT employees and
their families. A total of 934 businesses have been rated in the
2014 CEI, including the entire Fortune 500. This year, 304 major
businesses — spanning nearly every industry and geography — earned
a top score of 100.
For more information about Discover’s corporate responsibility
and benefits, visit
www.discover.com/company/corporate-responsibility/.
For more information on the Human Rights Campaign’s Annual 2014
Corporate Equality Index and to view the full report, visit
www.hrc.org/cei.
About The Human Rights Campaign Foundation
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation is the educational arm of
America’s largest civil rights organization working to achieve
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality. By inspiring and
engaging all Americans, HRC strives to end discrimination against
LGBT citizens and realize a nation that achieves fundamental
fairness and equality for all.
About Discover
Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) is a direct banking and
payment services company with one of the most recognized brands in
U.S. financial services. Since its inception in 1986, the company
has become one of the largest card issuers in the United States.
The company issues the Discover card, America's cash rewards
pioneer, and offers home loans, private student loans, personal
loans, home equity loans, checking and savings accounts,
certificates of deposit and money market accounts through its
direct banking business. It operates the Discover Network, with
millions of merchant and cash access locations; PULSE, one of the
nation's leading ATM/debit networks; and Diners Club International,
a global payments network with acceptance in more than 185
countries and territories. For more information, visit
www.discover.com/company.
Discover Financial ServicesRob Weiss,
224-405-6304robertweiss@discover.com
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