HRC Buyers Guide
Dec. 7th, 2006 10:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
muscadineI'm not a particularly big fan of the institutionalized and elitist HRC, but they do some potentially useful things. They've released a Buyer's Guide in time for the holidays based on company policies towards GLBT (no Q's to be found here) issues. Criteria for scoring include: non-discrimination policies for sexual orientation and gender identity, diversity training including sexual orienttion and gender identity, domestic partner health insurance, parity in a variety of other benefits, GLBT employee resource group or diversity council that includes GLBT issues, GLBT-friendly advertising and/or sponsorship, and not engaging in activities that undermine goals of GLBT equality (negative points if they do).
PDF Buyers Guide Here
Now, that said, this Buyer's Guide is still (perhaps necessarily, given the national focus) focused on large corporations and does not explicitly take into account any other issues like racial equality, good labor practices, support for other progressive political parties/causes, etc. Though it seems likely there is a lot of overlap based on who I see in the "ok" category based on what I know about these companies in the other issue areas.
Some interesting things I noticed:
What's up with Heinz? Or Ben & Jerry's for that matter? That's surprising.
Kroger. That's going to be a problem.
The famously homoerotic Ambercrombie & Fitch scored no better than the more notoriously homophobic JC Penny, though both actually fall somwhere in the middle.
FedEx scored surprisingly low (to me), might have to start paying more for UPS despite the Memphis roots.
It's somewhat funny that Progressive insurance isn't very progressive.
Where the hell is Tmobile?
PDF Buyers Guide Here
Now, that said, this Buyer's Guide is still (perhaps necessarily, given the national focus) focused on large corporations and does not explicitly take into account any other issues like racial equality, good labor practices, support for other progressive political parties/causes, etc. Though it seems likely there is a lot of overlap based on who I see in the "ok" category based on what I know about these companies in the other issue areas.
Some interesting things I noticed:
What's up with Heinz? Or Ben & Jerry's for that matter? That's surprising.
Kroger. That's going to be a problem.
The famously homoerotic Ambercrombie & Fitch scored no better than the more notoriously homophobic JC Penny, though both actually fall somwhere in the middle.
FedEx scored surprisingly low (to me), might have to start paying more for UPS despite the Memphis roots.
It's somewhat funny that Progressive insurance isn't very progressive.
Where the hell is Tmobile?
