COMPANIES FOR
DIVERSITY
No. 27 KAISER PERMANENTE
George Halvorson,
Chairman and CEO
Industry: Healthcare
Main Competitors: HCA, Catholic
Healthcare, United Healthcare,
Aetna
U.S. Headquarters: Oakland, Calif.
Number of U.S. Employees:
156,000
Annual Revenue: $34.4 billion
of Operations Outside U.S.: None
Ronald Knox,
Vice President,
Diversity
WHY IT’S ON THE TOP 50: In its third
year competing and second consecutive year on the Top 50 list, Kaiser
Permanente demonstrates strength
in all four areas measured: CEO
Commitment, Human Capital,
Corporate Communications and
Supplier Diversity.
rates are level across race/ethnicity
and gender. Kaiser Permanente’s
board of directors is 50 percent people of color and 36 percent women,
compared with Top 50 averages of
19 percent and 19 percent.
Managers at Kaiser Permanente are
39 percent people of color, compared with 24 percent for the Top
50 average. Of the top 10 percent
highest-paid employees, 42 percent
are people of color, compared with
19 percent for the Top 50 average.
DIVERSITY STRENGTHS: Unbiased
retention across the work force and
in management, meaning retention
RECENT DIVERSITY SUCCESS: Kaiser
Permanente was the national presenting sponsor for Tavis Smiley’s
Road to Health, Fitness and
Wellness Expo, a two-day educational event in Los Angeles.
No. 28 SPRINT NEXTEL CORP.
Industry: Telecommunications
Main Competitors: AT&T, T-Mobile,
Cellco
U.S. Headquarters: Reston, Va.
Number of U.S. Employees:
60,000
Annual Revenue: $41 billion
of Operations Outside U.S.: Less than
5 percent
WHY IT’S ON THE TOP 50: In its
fourth year on the list, Sprint
Nextel has demonstrated significant
CEO Commitment, as well as leadership in Human Capital and
Corporate Communications.
DIVERSITY STRENGTHS: Chairman
and CEO Gary Forsee heads the
diversity council ( 54 percent of Top
50 CEOs do this) and appoints
members to the council ( 60 percent
of Top 50 CEOs do this). The company has very strong employee-resource groups, which are used for
recruitment, retention and marketing to traditionally underrepresented
groups. The company also has a variety of products for people with disabilities. It gets a perfect score for
the way its web site communicates
its diversity message.
RECENT DIVERSITY SUCCESS:
Sponsors Sprint Minority
Engineering Scholarship Program
with community colleges in the
Kansas City area and the University
of Missouri.
Gary Forsee,
Chairman and CEO
Tammy Edwards,
Director, Office of
Inclusion and Diversity
