BellSouth recently announced that it has earned a perfect score of 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) 2006 Corporate Equality Index.
The nation's largest lesbian and gay political organization, the HRC conducted its 2006 Equality Index that rated 446 companies on a scale of 0 percent to 100 percent on several factors, including whether they have a written non-discrimination policy covering sexual orientation; support transgender employees with written non-discrimination policies and benefits; offer inclusive health insurance, bereavement and family leave policies to employees with same-sex partners; offer diversity training; have Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) employee groups; engage in appropriate and respectful advertising to the GLBT community; contribute to GLBT community organizations; and decline to engage in any activities that would undermine the goal of equal rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.
"At an ever increasing pace, corporate executives understand that supporting their gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees is not only the right thing to do but it is also good for business," said Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese.
BellSouth has participated in all of the HRC's five annual surveys. This is the highest score the company has received???surpassing previous years' scores in the mid-80s. "We are very pleased to receive a perfect score for our efforts in this area," said BellSouth Chief Diversity Officer Valencia Adams. "The GLBT market is one that continues to contribute to the success of our bottom line, and it is our plan to continue to build relationships that benefit our company and our customer."
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