HREOnline.com – By Harvey Meyer
The Corporate Equality Index has emerged as the scorecard of choice for measuring GLBT-friendliness.
Software engineer Paula Easton spent years at Raytheon deeply closeted about her sexual orientation. Then one day she heard then-senior executive Bill Swanson deliver an inspiring talk.
“He talked about respecting and accepting the different ERGs [employee resource groups], including the gay and lesbian community,” says Easton, a 25-year employee. Swanson, CEO since 2000, “talked about [how being gay] was not a choice, but a way of life. The hairs stood up on my skin and my mouth fell open.”