Tuesday, December 6th 2016
AMD Named a Best Place to Work for LGBT Equality
AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today announced that it has received a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2017 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), naming it a "Best Place to Work for LGBT Equality". The CEI is a benchmarking tool that rates corporate equality policies and practices for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) employees including equal employment opportunity policies, non-discrimination protections, and benefits.
"At AMD we believe that creating an inclusive environment where every employee is empowered to bring their diverse set of perspectives to the table each day is the key to bringing out the best, most innovative ideas," said Ruth Cotter, chief human resources officer and senior vice president of Corporate Communications and Investor Relations at AMD. "We are proud of the progress we have made to achieve our CEI score and to be named alongside other leading companies as we collectively pursue equality for everyone in the workplace."
"Achieving a score of 100 on the CEI was one of the first goals we set when we formed the AMD Pride employee resource group. We knew it was important to continue fostering a positive, safe, and inclusive work environment and culture that accepts everyone, regardless of their gender identity or sexual orientation, and celebrates those differences. We have come a long way, but we know there is always more work to do. We are excited to continue working to make sure that everyone is able to bring their whole self to work every day," said Steven Guzzo, co-chair of the Pride LGBT and Allies employee resource group at AMD.
The Human Rights Campaign is the largest U.S. national civil rights organization working to achieve equality for LGBT people through education and encouraging the adoption of LGBT-inclusive policies and practices.
Some of AMD's programs and initiatives for LGBT employees include:
"At AMD we believe that creating an inclusive environment where every employee is empowered to bring their diverse set of perspectives to the table each day is the key to bringing out the best, most innovative ideas," said Ruth Cotter, chief human resources officer and senior vice president of Corporate Communications and Investor Relations at AMD. "We are proud of the progress we have made to achieve our CEI score and to be named alongside other leading companies as we collectively pursue equality for everyone in the workplace."
The Human Rights Campaign is the largest U.S. national civil rights organization working to achieve equality for LGBT people through education and encouraging the adoption of LGBT-inclusive policies and practices.
Some of AMD's programs and initiatives for LGBT employees include:
- Equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination policies that cover all facets of diversity, including sexual orientation, gender, and gender identity;
- Employee Resource Groups such as the Pride LGBT and Allies group;
- Health coverage for all U.S.-based employees that includes full benefits for domestic partners and comprehensive coverage for transgender employees;
- Member of the Business Coalition for Equality, a group of U.S. corporations that support the Equality Act.
94 Comments on AMD Named a Best Place to Work for LGBT Equality
This political correctness trend in IT is scary.
Who cares as long as your products are good
'Identity politics' doesn't ruin everything. People are fighting for the right to be treated equally, and fairly. That's a just cause. The more inclusive we are, the better a society we are.
Im straight, white, male, christian, deal with it.
Anyway, good for them, a good work environment can only be a good thing.
I may make it sound like it's nothing more than a PR/HR stunt, but it is a real problem most tech companies have waited far too long to address.
MODS, please delete this news topic, or it will degrade. This has nothing to do with Tech News. Keep stuff like this at twitter and instagram. Please.
In some workplaces I can mention I'm going out with my wife and no body bats an eye. If I mention I'm going out with my boyfriend (gay) then people get upset. Inequality. Nobody is prancing about shouting to the rooftops, it's more about accepting people for their lifestyles without condemning them due to intolerant normally religious views. IT and engineering work spaces are notoriously sexist. Other realms are homophobic. Despite what some religious right wingers think - sexuality is not a choice. In Iran the rate of transgender surgery (in an article i read a while back) was far higher than in the West due to it being more acceptable to be a surgical woman, than be gay.
www.worldpolicy.org/transition-iran
The vile responses are those that instantly clamp down on any acceptance of normality for those from 'non-straight' gender types. And it's because it doesn't fit with their narrow ideology. Leonardo Da Vinci was gay. One of the greatest minds on earth. Alan Turin (suicide by cyanide after prosecution by post war UK Govt)..gay. It's actually funny how annoyed people get by equality issues.
I also don't believe in jobs for minorities at the expense of the correct skill set but the post is not about that. The post is recognising people of different backgrounds and gender types can work at AMD without persecution.
I remember Gone Home, a shitty game, receiving the highest scores from the gaming press just because the main character was a lesbian; and that, obviously, excuses all flaws.
Same with Blue is the Warmest Colour where reviewers discussed in earnest how realistic the sex scenes were, no matter how boring the whole film was ......
.... anyway, there's always a backlash when things go too far, and maybe 2016 marks the spot.
@ALL: I would invite every to check out WHY giving people the right to these entitlement is only serving to divide and to create fear amongst people.
This is one of the longer ones but all the arguments are present.
Until this topic has no toxic replies LGBTQ equality will be an issue in the world.
As a white, straight, male, atheist I had no strong feelings while reading this article.
Equality for all.
Well, they can't expect to be treated as a normal person, when in fact, being a gay/trans etc and shoving it down everyone's face was wrong in the first place :^)
everyday we stray even more far away from God, what a time to be alive :^(