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HACR Corporate Members Make the List of Top Ranked Companies According to DiversityInc Magazine

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Verizon Communications/Wireless Ranked No. 1 Company
Published on April 19, 2006

DiversityInc released the 2006 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies For Diversity and 13 HACR Corporate Members made the list.

The 2006 Top 50 list for diversity ranked Verizon (and Verizon Wireless) No. 1 in diversity.Other HACR Corporate Members who made the list are: The Coca Cola Company, BellSouth, Sodexho, PepsiCo, Marriott International, Bank of America, Citigroup, Starwood Hotels, Ford Motor Company, Kraft Foods (The Altria Group), MGM MIRAGE, and DaimlerChrysler.

“On behalf of the HACR Board of Directors, I would like to congratulate all of our HACR Corporate Members who made the list of the top 50 companies for diversity.These companies clearly understand that not only is diversity good for business, but it’s proven to be a competitive advantage when it comes to employment, procurement, and governance ” said Carlos F. Orta, president and CEO of HACR.

Each year, DiversityInc improves on its methodology used to determine which companies are on the Top 50.For 2006, DiversityInc gave heavier emphasis to diversity management – CEO commitment – and evaluated each company against its own industry and employee skill sets.In addition, new this year was the requirement that companies on The DiversityInc Top 50 Companies For Diversity list demonstrate consistent strength in the four areas of survey measures: human capital, corporate communications, supplier development, and CEO commitment.

Source: DiversityInc