Oh Hell No HRC! Chevron. Goldman Sachs. Monsanto. None of these are brands that we tend to associate with bringing justice into the world. And yet these three corporations, along with many other Fortune 1000 companies, were awarded a 100 percent rating in the 2015 Equality Index put out by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Activists find another big problem with the reports very design. The major way Fidas team does their thing is by compiling the results of a survey in which corporations self-report their policies around LGBT inclusion. The HRC gives negative points for known activity that would undermine LGBT equality, saying it tracks (again, self-reported) IRS and SEC filings, and looks to the media and courts records for additional help. It also considers whether any individuals reported cases of discrimination to the HRC directly. But the surveys remain the principle form of info-gathering. As far as we know, says Raphael, they dont do any independent investigation into what their human rights record is. Theres no investigation into how people have actually been discriminated against, because the company is not going to tell you that. Because so much of the survey is based on company self-reporting, Even just the narrow standard of how good of a place it is for gay people, or god forbid, trans people, to work, I really dont believe they know that. Upon being honored, corporations take little time before issuing self-congratulatory press releases about their supposed gay-friendliness. Example: Monsanto, which has received unwanted attention for everything from its use of child labor to the spreading of GMOs, soon used the opportunity to promote itself to the media as an LGBT-friendly company focused on collaborating to find sustainable agricultural solutions. truth-out.org/news/item/28430-human-rights-campaign-under-fire-in-lgbt-community
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000
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