COMPANIES FOR
DIVERSITY
No. 25 COX COMMUNICATIONS
Patrick (Pat) J. Esser,
President
Mae Douglas,
Senior Vice President
and Chief People
Officer
Specialty Lists:
No. 8 on the Top 10 Companies
for African Americans
Industry: Telecommunications
Main Competitors: DIRECTV, Verizon,
AT&T, Dish Network, Comcast, Time
Warner Cable
U.S. Headquarters: Atlanta, Ga.
Number of U.S. Employees:
21,400
Annual Revenue: $7.3 billion
of Operations Outside U.S.: None
WHY IT’S ON THE TOP 50: In its second year on the Top 50, Cox shows
real strength in Supplier Diversity
and Human Capital.
DIVERSITY STRENGTHS: Cox has
mandatory diversity training for the
entire work force (only 58 percent of
Top 50 companies have this). It is
held every month ( 84 percent of Top
50 companies do this). Cox gets a
perfect score for the way in which
its web site communicates its diver-
sity commitment. The company
tracks gay/lesbian suppliers (only 22
percent of Top 50 companies
and virtually no other companies
nationwide do this).
RECENT DIVERSITY SUCCESS:
Building on the success of its five-year-old corporate diversity council,
Cox developed a formal process for
local diversity councils in each of
the approximately 20 Cox operations nationwide. Cox also launched
On Common Ground, the next
level of diversity training for all of
its employees.
No. 26 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO.
Industry: Consumer Products
Main Competitors: Procter & Gamble,
Clorox
U.S. Headquarters: New York, N. Y.
Number of U.S. Employees:
5,500
Annual Revenue: $12.2 billion
of Operations Outside U.S.:
75
strong work/life benefits and
employee-resource groups. Diversity
training is mandatory for the entire
work force ( 58 percent of Top 50
companies have this), which lasts a
full day and is held every month by
the company.
Ian Cook,
President & COO
WHY IT’S ON THE TOP 50: A frequent
Top 50 winner, Colgate-Palmolive is
strong in all areas, especially
Corporate Communications. The
company has been a leader in multicultural marketing.
DIVERSITY STRENGTHS: Retention of
both the work force and management is unbiased, meaning retention
rates are level across race/ethnicity
and gender. The company has
RECENT DIVERSITY SUCCESS: The
company celebrated National
Children’s Dental Health Month at
Public School 154 in New York City
with the unveiling of the U.S.
Surgeon General’s Seven Steps to a
Brighter Smile. The program will
provide free dental screenings, treatment, referrals and oral-health education to 100 million children and
families, most of them low-income
people of color, by 2010.
Philip Berry,
Vice President of
Workplace Initiatives
