Rockwell Automation Earns Top Marks in 2016 Corporate Equality Index
November 18 2015 - 10:02AM
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Rockwell Automation Earns 100 percent on Human Rights Campaign
Foundation’s Fourteenth Annual Scorecard on LGBT Workplace
Equality
Rockwell Automation, the world’s largest company dedicated to
industrial automation and information, proudly announced that it
received a perfect score of 100 percent on the 2016 Corporate
Equality Index (CEI), a national benchmarking survey and report on
corporate policies and practices related to LGBT workplace
equality, administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.
Rockwell Automation joins the ranks of 407 major U.S. businesses
which also earned top marks this year.
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“Rockwell Automation is delighted to be recognized with a
perfect score on the Corporate Equality Index for the fourth year
in a row,” stated Ed Seaberg, vice president information technology
and co-sponsor of ROKout LGBT & Allies Employee Resource Group.
“We continue to raise the bar on our practices to support awareness
and inclusion, to enable all employees to bring their full selves
to work, and do their best work every day.”
The 2016 CEI rated 1,027 businesses in the report, which
evaluates LGBT-related policies and practices including
non-discrimination workplace protections, domestic partner
benefits, transgender-inclusive health care benefits, competency
programs, and public engagement with the LGBT community. Rockwell
Automation’s efforts in satisfying all of the CEI’s criteria
results in a 100 percent ranking and the designation as a Best
Place to Work for LGBT Equality.
“In this 2016 Corporate Equality Index, hundreds of major
businesses responded to our new standards for workplace equality
with exceptional leadership,” said Deena Fidas, HRC Foundation
Workplace Equality Program Director. “Rockwell Automation not only
meets these standards, it goes above and beyond the call of duty,
making commitment to equality a fundamental aspect of its corporate
values."
For more information on the 2016 Corporate Equality Index, or to
download a free copy of the report, visit www.hrc.org/cei.
The Human Rights Campaign is 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.
Rockwell Automation Inc. (NYSE: ROK), the world’s largest
company dedicated to industrial automation and information, makes
its customers more productive and the world more sustainable.
Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., Rockwell Automation employs about
22,500 people serving customers in more than 80 countries.
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