COMPANIES FOR
DIVERSITY
No. 33 HEALTH CARE
SERVICE CORP.
Raymond F. McCaskey,
President and CEO
Specialty Lists:
No. 5 on the Top 10 Companies
for Latinos
Industry: Healthcare
Main Competitors: Aetna, CIGNA,
United Health Group
U.S. Headquarters: Chicago, Ill.
Number of U.S. Employees:
16,033
Annual Revenue: $33 billion
of Operations Outside U.S.: None
appoints members of the diversity
council ( 60 percent of Top 50
CEOs do this) and has a personal
quote about diversity on the corporate web site ( 78 percent of Top 50
CEOs have this). The company has
mandatory diversity training for its
entire work force ( 58 percent of Top
50 companies have this). HCSC has
unbiased retention for its work force
and management, meaning retention rates are level regardless of
race/ethnicity and gender.
Rita Taylor-Nash,
Vice President of
Corporate Diversity
WHY IT’S ON THE TOP 50: In its third
year on the Top 50, Health Care
Service Corp. gets very high marks
for CEO Commitment and also is
strong in Supplier Diversity.
DIVERSITY STRENGTHS: President
and CEO Raymond F. McCaskey
RECENT DIVERSITY SUCCESS: HCSC
requires all employees to complete
diversity training. The enterprise
established a target of 95 percent;
this was exceeded in 2006.
No. 34 GENERAL MOTORS
Specialty Lists:
No. 5 on the Top 10 Companies
for African Americans
Industry: Automotive
Main Competitors: DaimlerChrysler,
Ford, Toyota
U.S. Headquarters: Detroit, Mich.
Number of U.S. Employees:
122,000
Annual Revenue: $19.2 billion
of Operations Outside U.S.:
57
DIVERSITY STRENGTHS: Chairman
and CEO G. Richard Wagoner Jr.
chairs the diversity council (only 54
percent of Top 50 CEOs do this)
and meets regularly with employee-resource groups (only 70 percent of
Top 50 CEOs do this). The company actively recruits for GLBT
employees ( 78 percent of Top 50
companies do this) and for people
with disabilities ( 82 percent of Top
50 companies do this).
G. Richard (Rick)
Wagoner Jr.,
Chairman and CEO
WHY IT’S ON THE TOP 50: General
Motors has a long history on the
Top 50, making the list four of the
last seven years. The company is
particularly strong in CEO
Commitment and Human Capital,
especially for African Americans.
RECENT DIVERSITY SUCCESS: In
2005, E. Christopher Johnson Jr.,
GM’s general counsel and North
America vice president, was named
the auto industry’s African American
Executive of the Year at the Urban
Wheel awards.
Roderick D. Gillum,
Vice President,
GM Corporate
Responsibility
and Diversity
