There are countless resources available to help you make the business case for workplace equality. If you’re ready to learn more about these issues in the context of productivity, market share, brand loyalty, and talent aquisition and retention, the links below will provide you with just a few places to start.
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The HRC Corporate Equality Index
Get the report card for corporate America on LGBTQ-inclusive policies. Released annually by the Human Rights Campaign use this report to learn more about where your company stands when it comes to equality. The results may surprise you. You can also use it to inform your purchases and they even have a smartphone ap to help you make choices on the go.
A Workplace Divided: Understanding the Climate for LGBTQ Workers Nationwide: A Workplace Divided surveyed over 800 LGBTQ and non-LGBTQ workers and complements HRC's history of work, the Corporate Equality Index, and on systems-level change with major private sector employers
Accelerating Acceptance 2019: Each year through extensive polling and research, GLAAD looks at the state of America’s hearts and minds when it comes to accepting LGBTQ people.
The Cost of the Closet and the Rewards of Inclusion
Released in 2014, The Cost of the Closet is a follow up to the groundbreaking study Degrees of Equality. It surveyed over 800 LGBT workers across the country and included an added survey of non-LGBT workers.
The HRC National Study Examining Workplace Climate for LGBT Employees: Degrees of Equality
Originally conducted to assess the gap between policy change and culture change, this is an extensive assessment of workplace climate. Released in 2009, the Human Rights Campaign worked with Lake Research Partners to conduct focus groups, in depth interviews, and a nationally based survey to collect data. It details the successes and failures of policy change and investigates the actual environments in which LGBT people work in each day.
LGBT Adults Strongly Prefer Brands That Support Causes Important to Them and that also Offer Equal Workplace Benefits
This press release details a poll conducted by Witeck-Combs Communications and Harris Interactive that highlights brand preferences and customer loyalty among LGBT customers. It can help you to make the case as to why these issues are important and how inclusive policies can help your company’s bottom line. Equality is good for business.
Small Businesses Support Fairness: CAP Survey Finds Owners Back Employment Non-Discrimination Act
The Center for American Progress regularly conducts research and polling on issues important to the LGBT community and its supporters. This is just one example of their findings regarding the Employment Non Discrimination Act, federal legislation that would ban discrimination in the workplace based on sexual orientation and gender identity, which has languished in Congress for nearly two decades.
Reinventing Diversity by Howard Ross
Cook Ross Inc, has been a long-time supporter of PFLAG National and Straight for Equality. As one of America’s leading diversity experts Howard’s book, Reinventing Diversity highlights common failures of diversity programs, the role that unconscious bias plays in workplace culture, and the lack of quick fixes and easy answers.
