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Raytheon achieved a score of 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Corporate Equality Index (CEI). The HRC, the nation’s largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) rights organization, uses the CEI as a means to rate U.S. companies on how they treat their LGBT employees, consumers and investors. Companies with a 100 percent rating are also named to the organization’s Best Places to Work list.
In 2005, Raytheon was the first defense and aerospace company to receive a perfect score on the CEI. This year’s recognition marks the sixth consecutive year the company has achieved a 100 percent rating.
"We are proud to have once again achieved a perfect score on the Corporate Equality Index, since it directly reflects the strides that our company has made to build a culture that recognizes, respects and leverages individual and cultural differences,” said Hayward Bell, Raytheon’s chief diversity officer. “Our commitment to diversity and inclusion is our undeniable pathway to success for individuals and the company — for everyone, every day and everywhere."
A Look Into Raytheon’s GLBT History
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| Louise Young Founder of Raytheon's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Allies Employee Resource Group |
Senior Software Engineer Louise Young, Ph.D., remembers the first time she painted the scenario of the fear of being “discovered” during a panel discussion at a Raytheon Diversity Forum. Her story helped bring domestic partner benefits to the company within a few months following the forum. This was ten years ago.
Today, Dr. Young is proud to work for a company that fosters a culture of inclusion in its workplace policies and practices. As the founder of Raytheon’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Allies Employee Resource Group in 2001, Dr. Young has watched the group flourish throughout the company.
“Raytheon being the first company to score 100 percent on the corporate equality index gives me a great feeling of pride, and I know that my feeling is certainly felt by all of those gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees at Raytheon,” said Dr. Young. “This is a wonderful, wonderful accomplishment, and I think what makes it so very special is that we were the first in the aerospace and defense industry.”
Criteria for Excellence
The Corporate Equality Index, which was first reported by the HRC in 2002, objectively measures how large, private-sector business treat their lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees, consumers and investors on a scale of zero to 100 percent. Scores are based on a number of rigorous criteria, including whether they:
- include “sexual orientation” in their equal employment opportunity policy;
- include “gender identity and/or expression” in their non-discrimination policy;
- offer diversity training that covers sexual orientation;
- offer same-sex domestic-partner health insurance;
- officially recognize and support a LGBT employee resource group or have a firm-wide diversity council that includes GLBT issues; and
- engage in respectful and appropriate marketing to the LGBT community and/or provide support of LGBT community.
Diversity at Raytheon
Raytheon’s Diversity vision supports all employees in reaching their maximum potential. The company focuses on providing an atmosphere in which everyone feels valued and empowered to perform at a peak level, regardless of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, family history, physical ability or other forms of human diversity. Diversity is a core value and an integral part of Raytheon’s business model.
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