Alan Mulally
President and CEO
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Why It's on the Top 50: Ford is the one auto company that has been on the Top 50 list every year since it started. Its long-term commitment to diversity transcends economic upheavals and major downsizings. The company is very strong in all four areas measured--CEO Commitment, Human Capital, Corporate Communications and Supplier Diversity.
Description: One of the world's largest makers of cars and trucks. Its
finance subsidiary, Ford Motor Credit, is the country's No. 1 auto-finance
company.
From William Clay
Ford Jr.: "We
are as proud of our differences
as we are of the values
we share. Our diversity
is essential to our mission.
We need many unique skills,
talents and ways of thinking
and looking at the world
to help us succeed."
Diversity Strengths: The company has both an internal diversity council, chaired by the CEO, and an external council, chaired by NAACP Chairman Julian Bond. Retention of managers is unbiased, meaning it is level across race/ethnicity and gender. Ford has extremely strong employee-resource groups (they meet regularly with the CEO; only 70 percent of Top 50 companies do this). One of its resource groups is for employees with disabilities, which only 55 percent of the Top 50 have.
Recent Diversity Success:
In 2006, Ford launched
a program called Leadership
in DRIVE to help address
issues around recruitment,
retention and advancement
of women.
(See also: DiversityInc's Webinar on Employee-Resource Groups, with presenter Allison Trawick, Corporate Diversity & Worklife at Ford Motor Co.)
More DiversityInc Articles
on Ford Motor Company:
Employee-Resource Groups: The Hidden Assets
Teaching Parents to Help Their Children Succeed
Leadership: Blanca Q Fauble, Ford Motor Co.
Corporations Face Pressure From Anti-Gay Groups
People & Places: Armando Ojeda, Director of Supplier Diversity Development, Ford Motor Co.
Homophobic Group's Gloating Backfires; Ford Renews Commitment to GLBT Ads
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Top 50 Rank: 5
Industry: Auto
Main Competitors: General Motors, Toyota, DaimlerChrysler
U.S. Headquarters: Dearborn, Mich.
Number of U.S. Employees: 113,042
Annual Revenue: $81.2 billion
% of Operations Outside U.S.: 49
Key Personnel: William Clay Ford Jr., executive chairman; Alan Mulally, president and CEO; Joe Laymon, group vice president, corporate human resources and labor affairs
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