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 thread needs to be closed.
I don't even know what I am reading, but it's horrible.
TPU, I expected better.
For what little it's apparently worth, I am a straight white guy and find this OP post in a no way offensive, and neither should you if your head is on straight. WTF people.I do.
Deal with it.
But yeah I do not tolerate the intolerant Im afraid, unless they keep it to themselves because then obviously I would not know about it.
Stop spreading hate.
Anyways, I am curious on how did they investigate this? As far as I am aware approaching corporate users with unofficial non-company questionnaires is not very legal to say the least.
I am just curious on how they made those surveys.
For those who are saying horrible things, lets see what happens when we put it this way. How would you feel if a company didnt except White, Straight, Christian Men/Woman? hmmmm?
There not saying anything about there product from the get go, just that they support LGBT, nothing more!
For the record, since you want to mention racists, look up who founded the KKK....it weren't Republicans (need a bigger hint? Southern Democrats), and Trump is not Republican either. He managed to pull off an Independent victory in a two-party system by co-opting the Republican nomination.
Next? Ok back on to the politically-charged topic that this thread already became. :D
Same point though. I just shouldn't be here... it makes me very disappointed in my fellow man.
The bottom line is this isn't an article aimed at consumers, at all.
Everybody should just be who they are without worrying who everybody else is.
Either way, Trump belongs here about as much as any of this BS, so I guess have at. Absolutely none of this is on topic.
But ignorant I am not. Unlike most people in this forum, my background, education and experience are decidedly untechnical...it is an International Studies degree, a Poli Sci degree, minors in history and English, half a military career, and a career in government service.
The point of my post was to cap off his ignorant comment that implied Trump supporters are racist, which didn't even belong here in the first place. Okay? :)
That been said, a lot of those posts are entertaining to say the least. And most of them are from people who never worked with a HS person in their entire life, or I bet they were never aware of that anyways.
Still, the general idea of HS persons of 95% of the ignorant population, is based on those idiotic Gay Parades, which on my opinion only worsen the HS people situation and they view in society.
There's a difference between wanting equality (which is the way it should be) and going around shoving shit in everybody's face and calling them a hater if they don't like your individual actions.
I'm not even sure it is legal for an employer to ask that question.