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1 Sep 2004

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Human Rights Campaign

[PDF] Corporate Equality Index 2004 [USA]

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Human Rights Campaign (HRC) released its third annual Corporate Equality Index, a report card listing the "best and worst" firms for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender employees...The number of firms with perfect scores doubled since the 2003 ranking largely because more firms are including sexual orientation on their anti-discrimination policies. Firms with perfect scores include Citigroup, Ford, Hewlett-Packard [HP], Kraft [part of Altria], and Xerox. Firms with the lowest scores include ALLTEL and ExxonMobil. [Other companies with perfect scores: Aetna, Agilent Technologies, American Airlines, Apple, AT&T, Avaya, Bausch & Lomb, Best Buy, Borders, Capital One, Cargill, Charles Schwab, ChoicePoint, Chubb, Cisco Systems, Adolph Coors, Dell, Deutsche Bank, Eastman Kodak, Faegre & Benson, Goldman Sachs, IBM, Intel, JP Morgan Chase, Keyspan, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, Lehman Brothers, Levi Strauss, Lucent Technologies, Metlife, Miller Brewing (part of SABMiller), Mitchell Gold, Morrison & Foerster, Motorola, Nationwide, NCR, New York Times, Nike, Owens Corning, PepsiCo, Pfizer, PG&E, Prudential, Replacements, SC Johnson, Southern California Edison (part of Edison International), UBS, Wells Fargo, Whirlpool, Worldspan. Other companies with lowest scores: BB&T, International Steel, Meijer, New NGC (National Gypsum), Perot Systems, Shaw Industries (part of Berkshire Hathaway). Also refers to: American Express, Amgen, Aramark, Ben & Jerry's (part of Unilever), Booz Allen Hamilton, Circuit City, Clear Channel, Cumberland Farms, Dean Foods, Entergy, Emerson Electric, Fannie Mae, Kmart, Lockheed Martin, MBNA, Microsoft, Oracle, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Quark, RadioShack, Southwest Airlines, Wal-Mart, Whole Foods Market]