COMPANIES FOR
DIVERSITY
FORD MOTOR CO.
No. 5
WHY IT’S ON THE TOP 50:
Ford is the one auto company that
has been on the Top 50 every year
since the list started. Its long-term
commitment to diversity transcends
economic upheavals and major
downsizings. The company is very
strong in all four areas measured—
CEO Commitment, Human
Capital, Corporate Communications
and Supplier Diversity.
Industry: Auto
Main Competitors: General Motors, Toyota,
DaimlerChrysler
U.S. Headquarters: Dearborn, Mich.
Number of U.S. Employees:
113,042
Annual Revenue: $81.2 billion
of Operations Outside U.S.:
49
Key Personnel: William Clay Ford Jr., executive
chairman; Alan Mulally, president and CEO;
Joe Laymon, group vice president, corporate
human resources and labor affairs
and ways of thinking and looking
at the world to help us succeed.”
William Clay Ford Jr.,
Executive Chairman
DESCRIPTION: One of the world’s
largest makers of cars and trucks.
Its finance subsidiary, Ford Motor
Credit, is the country’s No. 1 auto-finance company.
Alan Mulally,
President and CEO
DIVERSITY STRENGTHS: The com-
pany has both an internal diversity
council, chaired by the CEO, and
an external council, chaired by
NAACP Chairman Julian Bond.
Retention of managers is
unbiased, meaning it is level across
race/ethnicity and
gender. Ford has extremely strong
employee-resource groups (they
meet regularly with the CEO;
only 70 percent of Top 50 compa-
nies do this). One of its resource
groups is for employees with dis-
abilities, which only 55 percent of
the Top 50 have.
FROM JOE LAYMON, GROUP VICE
PRESIDENT, CORPORATE HUMAN
RESOURCES AND LABOR AFFAIRS:
“Diversity is fundamental to Ford’s
success, and our record of tolerance and inclusion speaks for itself.
At Ford, we are committed to
building high-performing, collaborative teams critical to effectively
doing business. This requires that
we truly respect, listen to, help and
appreciate each other, working
together as a unified team. We
have a simple way of putting this:
One team … one plan … one
Ford Motor Company.”
RECENT DIVERSITY SUCCESS: In
2006, Ford launched a program
called Leadership in DRIVE to
help address issues around recruitment, retention and advancement
of women.
FROM EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
WILLIAM CLAY FORD JR.: “We are as
proud of our differences as we are
of the values we share. Our diversity is essential to our mission. We
need many unique skills, talents
