2010
TOP
50
NO. 8 IBM Corp.
INDUSTRY
Information Technology and
Services
DIVERSITY
MAIN COMPE TITORS
Accenture, HP,
Microsoft Corp.
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A results-driven company with strong global ethical
values, IBM excels at making its executives at all levels
be accountable for integrating diversity into all lines of
business. The long-time diversity leader continues to evolve
its diversity-management practices throughout the world.
U.S. HEADQUARTERS
Armonk, N. Y.
NUMBER OF
U.S. EMPLOYEES
106,000
OF OPERATIONS
OUTSIDE U. S.
71
PROFILES
1-10
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The company, which has changed its business model in recent
years to become primarily a global consultancy, has successfully
integrated its deep-rooted ethical values in its lines of business.
IBM’s performance appraisals are closely linked to its compen-
sation system, and diversity and inclusion are critical factors. The
company has remarkable benefits and has created a flexible working
environment that helps all employees and is especially beneficial to
parents, people with eldercare issues and people with disabilities.
Its outreach to the disability and LGBT communities are among the
strongest we’ve seen.
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NO. 3 The DiversityInc Top
10 Companies for
Supplier Diversity
PROFILES
11-20
NO. 2 The DiversityInc Top
10 Companies for
Asian Americans
PROFILES
21-30
NO. 10 The DiversityInc Top
10 Companies for
LGBT Employees
PROFILES
31-40
IBM also leads the way in talent development, with innovative
and varied mentoring programs, a variety of strong employee-resource groups, and a wide array of mandatory diversity-training
programs, including leadership training, generational training, education on inappropriate conduct for people with disabilities, global
cultural intelligence and women in high tech.
NO. 1 The DiversityInc
Top 10 Companies
for People With
Disabilities
PROFILES
41-50
The company remains committed to philanthropy worldwide and
to maintaining a strong base of diverse suppliers.
NO. 1 The DiversityInc Top
10 Companies for
Global Diversity
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IBM has one of the most varied and effective global mentoring
programs anywhere and uses first-rate metrics to assess its success.
In general, IBM is a global model of corporate responsibility, standing up for inclusiveness and equality while creating locally culturally
competent workplaces.
SAM PALMISANO
Chairman, President
and CEO
RON GLOVER
Vice President, Diversity & Workforce Programs
“IBM has a long history of commitment to
diversity and has consistently taken the lead
on diversity practices that enable us to attract
the best people in the world and provide them
a work environment that enables them to
achieve their greatest potential. This commitment enables IBM to tap into the best our people have to offer
while leveraging their differences so we can drive innovation and
take on the kind of complex projects that help improve the world,
from systems that reduce traffic to technology that speeds up
medical research.”
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