American Airlines Celebrates 15 Years With Perfect 100 Percent Score on Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index
December 05 2016 - 9:00AM
American Airlines has been honored once again by the Human Rights
Campaign (HRC) with the highest possible rating in the prestigious
2017 Corporate Equality Index (CEI). American was the only airline
to achieve a perfect score when the CEI launched in 2002, and is
one of only a handful of corporations to do so every year since.
The CEI is a nationally recognized benchmark that evaluates
America’s top workplaces and their inclusion of LGBT employees and
their allies. Companies like American that earn the top CEI score
of 100 percent also are named the “Best Places to Work” in the
U.S.
“American Airlines takes inspiration from the ideals of the
Corporate Equality Index,” said Patrick O'Keeffe, American’s vice
president – PSS & Corporate Technology and the co-executive
sponsor of the airline’s Pride Employee Business Resource Group
(EBRG). “This milestone reflects our employees’ longstanding
dedication to diversity, inclusion and equality throughout the
company – and to serving our loyal LGBT customers every day. We are
grateful to the Human Rights Campaign for this recognition.”
American has a long history of commitment to the LGBT community
in the course of doing business. For decades, American’s Pride
EBRG, which also was the airline’s first employee resource group,
has championed LGBT travelers as well as diversity, equality and
respect throughout the travel industry. American is also a proud
member and supporter of the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of
Commerce, PFLAG and Lambda Legal.
The Human Rights Campaign is dedicated to promoting and ensuring
public understanding of LGBTQ issues through innovative education
and communication strategies. A complete list of CEI rankings is
available at hrc.org.
For more information on American’s commitment to diversity and
the LGBT community, visit aa.com/diversity.
About American Airlines GroupAmerican Airlines
and American Eagle offer an average of nearly 6,700 flights per day
to nearly 350 destinations in more than 50 countries. American has
hubs in Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami,
New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and Washington, D.C. American is a
founding member of the oneworld® alliance,
whose members serve more than 1,000 destinations with about 14,250
daily flights to over 150 countries. Shares of American Airlines
Group Inc. trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol AAL. In 2015,
its stock joined the S&P 500 index. Connect with American on
Twitter @AmericanAir and at Facebook.com/AmericanAirlines.
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