Marketplace recognition
Acknowledgment of IBM's commitment and accomplishments in supporting diversity has come from a broad spectrum of organizations and publications. We appreciate that the marketplace has recognized our efforts consistently throughout the years.
Areas of recognition
 | General Diversity |
| Asians |
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Blacks |
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Hispanic/Latino |
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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender |
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Native American Heritage |
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People with Disabilities |
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Women |
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Work/Life |
General Diversity
| Year | Award |
|---|---|
| 2013 | DiversityInc named IBM #1 on its Top 10 Companies for Global Diversity |
| 2013 | DiversityBusiness.com ranks IBM in Top 50 Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities |
| 2012 | IBM awarded Best Workplace Diversity Strategy at the Australia HR Awards |
| 2012 | DiversityInc named IBM #1 on its Top 10 Companies for Global Diversity list |
| 2012 | DiversityBusiness.com ranks IBM in Top 50 "Multicultural Business Opportunities" list |
| 2012 | NILA 2011 Magazine published a "Thank You IBM " article. |
| 2011 | IBM named among the top 5 companies for multicultural women by Working Mother Media. |
| 2011 | IBM Japan won the grand prize of Toyo Keizai Diversity Management award 2011. |
| 2011 | Institutional Investor ranks IBM in top three positions in IT Hardware sector's 2012. All-America Executive Team: Best Investor Relations, and Best CEOs, CFOs and Investor Relations Professionals. |
| 2011 | IBM receives the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) Patriot Award |
| 2011 | IBM Corp. ranks #7 on the 2011 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity® list |
| 2010 | IBM is ranked No. 1 among the Top 100 Hong Kong Leading Graduate Employers |
| 2010 | IBM wins 2010 Inaugural International Health Promotion Award |
| 2010 | IBM HR wins the Employee Resource Group of the Year award from US Business Leadership Network |
| 2010 | DiversityInc names IBM the No. 1 company for global diversity |
| 2010 | IBM Austria awarded the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber "DivesCity" Award |
| 2010 | IBM ranks #8 on DiversityInc's Top 50 list |
| 2010 | IBM ranks #4 on Barron's World's Most Respected Companies list |
Asians
| Year | Award |
|---|---|
| 2012 | IBM Singapore recognized as most attractive employer for mature workers – Randstad |
| 2012 | IBM Singapore recognized as Top 5 Ideal Graduate employer and Ideal Employer in IT |
| 2012 | IBM China Elected as one of China's Most Respected Companies for 10th consecutive year |
| 2011 | IBM ranked most preferred employer by engineering students in India (Firstnaukri.com survey) and students in Singapore (Penn Olson survey). |
| 2010 | Top 10 Companies for Asian Americans Award presented by NAAMBA (National Association of Asian MBA's) & Asian Enterprise Magazine |
Blacks
| Year | Award |
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| 2012 | IBM named among top 40 companies for diversity (Black Enterprise Magazine). |
| 2011 | Black Enterprise Magazine named Rod Adkins Corporate Executive of the Year. |
| 2011 | IBM named among top 40 companies for diversity (Black Enterprise Magazine). |
| 2011 | Kelvin Hawkins honored for Career Achievement in Industry, Black Engineer of the Year Awards. (BEYA). |
| 2011 | Gary Collins honored for Technical Sales & Marketing, Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA). |
| 2010 | IBM named among top 40 Companies for Diversity Employers by Black Enterprise Magazine |
| 2010 | IBM named among top companies for the 2010 Best Companies for Blacks in Technology by Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA) and workplacediversity.com |
Hispanic/Latino
| Year | Award |
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| 2012 | Latina Style ranks IBM #16 for diversity and inclusion. |
| 2011 | GMiS-HENAAC (Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Corporation) honored Fernando Guarin, Ph.D., STG, with a Lifetime Achievement award, and Luis Lastras Montanos, Ph.D., IBM Research, with a Luminary Award. |
| 2010 | Luis Lastras Montanos, Ph.D., IBM Research received the Hispanics in Technology Award at the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Conference. David Silva, IBM Software Group, received the Diversity Award. |
| 2010 | One of the Top 50 Companies for Latinas to Work for in the United States by Latina Style Magazine |
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender
| Year | Award |
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| 2013 | DiversityInc named IBM #4 on its Top 10 Companies for LGBT Employees |
| 2013 | IBM Scores 100% on the HRC Corporate Equality Index 2013 for the 11th consecutive year |
| 2012 | IBM Australia ranked 3rd in the Top 10 Employer List for the Year at the Pride in Diversity Australian Workplace Equality Index Awards |
| 2012 | IBM Australia EAGLE Networking Group received a Star Performing Network Group Award at the Pride in Diversity Australian Workplace Equality Index Awards |
| 2012 | Harry van Dorenmalen (Chairman of IBM Europe) wins the 2012 Out & Equal Champion Award |
| 2012 | Retired IBM VP Charles Lickel named NOGLSTP Engineer of the Year |
| 2012 | LGBT Council Co-Chair and Out Executive Claudia Brind-Woody is on the World Pride Power list of the 100 most influential LGBT people of the year: |
| 2012 | IBM awarded second place, in Stonewall's first global workplace equality index: |
| 2011 | Claudia Woody wins the 2011 Out & Equal Trailblazer Award. |
| 2011 | IBM ranks 5th in the Stonewall Equality Index |
| 2011 | Charles Lickel receives the Nico Habermann Award |
| 2011 | IBM Australia wins 3 out of 4 inaugural Pride in Diversity Awards: Network Group of the Year 2011, Top Private Sector Employer 2011 and Australian GLBT Employer of the Year 2011 |
| 2011 | Fred Balboni is among Consulting Magazine's Top 25 consultants of 2011 |
| 2011 | Claudia Woody, one of our Global GLBT Council Co-chairs, is featured in Go Magazine's 100 Women we Love 2011 |
| 2010 | AbaF Partnering Award: Midsumma Festival and IBM Australia |
| 2010 | IBM Germany wins a GLBT Diversity Award from Voelklinger Kreis (Max-Spohr-Preis) |
| 2010 | IBM Scores 100% on the HRC Corporate Equality Index 2010 for the 8th consecutive year |
| 2010 | IBM wins 2010 Out & Equal Workplace Excellence Award |
| 2010 | IBM ranks 1st on The International Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (IGLCC) Business Equality Index for most GLBT friendly companies in the world. |
| 2010 | IBM #1 in the Stonewall Equality Index |
Native American Heritage
| Year | Award |
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| 2013 | IBM selected as one of Top 50 Best STEM Workplaces for Native Americans and Alaska Natives by Winds of Change magazine |
| 2011 | American Indian Science & Engineering Society honored Terry Braun with the Executive Excellence Award. |
| 2010 | IBM received the First American Corporate Leadership Award from the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development |
| 2010 | IBM receives a Certificate of Thanks from the Indigenous Language Institute for it's continued support in language preservation |
People with Disabilities
| Year | Award |
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| 2013 | DiversityInc named IBM #3 on its Top 10 Companies for People with Disabilities |
| 2012 | DiversityInc named IBM #2 on its Top 10 Companies for People with Disabilities |
| 2011 | USBLN Annual Leadership Awards: Supplier Diversity Corporation of the Year. |
| 2011 | NTID Center on Employment Outstanding Employer Partner Award. |
| 2011 | IBM Canada received the annual award for outstanding support to the Canadian Helen Keller Center. |
| 2011 | Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Award, Leadership Category awarded to Chieko Asakawa |
| 2011 | To IBM Italia SpA (awarded for workplace inclusion and integration of people with disabilities) presented by Province of Milan |
| 2011 | Top 10 Companies for People with Disabilities by DiversityInc. |
| 2011 | Murali C Sharma recognized as a visually-challenged role model by the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) for his extraordinary performance as a professional. |
| 2011 | "Trophies Handifriends" awarded to University of Nantes for its partnership with IBM France. |
| 2010 | IBM US, No. 1 company for People with Disabilities, DiversityInc's Top 10 list |
| 2010 | IBM US, Visionary Leadership Award from Christopher & Dana Reeves Foundation |
| 2010 | IBM Australia, 'Organisation' category winner, Australian Sign Language Interpreters Association (Victoria) Awards (ASLIAA) |
| 2010 | IBM Australia, 'Fair Go' Award, Australian Sign Language Interpreters' Association and the NSW division of Deaf Australia |
| 2010 | IBM China, Best Individual for Outstanding Achievement in helping PwD Awarded to DC Chien, General Manager, Greater China Group, from Beijing Disabled Persons' Federation |
Women
| Year | Award |
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| 2013 | IBM listed in Top 10 of the 2013 NAFE Working Mothers Top 50 Companies for Executive Women |
| 2012 | IBM China is first runner-up as Employer of Choice for Women in the Women In Leadership Forum, Shanghai |
| 2012 | IBM Korea won Prime Minster Award for Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace |
| 2012 | IBM listed in Top 10 of the 2012 NAFE Working Mothers Top 50 Companies for Executive Women |
| 2012 | IBM named one of the 25 "Best Companies for Multicultural Women" by Working Mother |
| 2012 | Working Mother named IBM to Working Mother's Top 100 Best Companies list |
| 2012 | IBM received the Employer of Choice for Women Citation from the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) |
| 2011 | Working Mother Magazine: IBM is in 2011 Working Mother 100 Best Companies |
| 2011 | National Association of Female Executives (NAFE) Top companies list |
| 2011 | IBM Australia awarded Employer of Choice for Women Citation from the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency |
| 2011 | IBM Japan ranked Top in Nikkei Woman's "Top 100 Companies that promote women's roles in the workplace" |
| 2011 | IBM received the 2011 Anita Borg Top Company for Technical Women Award |
| 2011 | Dr. Chieko Asakawa, IBM Research, Japan, recognized with a prestigious Women of Vision Award |
Work/Life
| Year | Award |
|---|---|
| 2013 | IBM Singapore won the Work-Life Excellence Awards for the third consecutive time (2008, 2010, 2012) |
| 2012 | IBM Malaysia won the Malaysian Prime Minister's Corporate Social Responsibility Award for Family Friendly Workplaces |
| 2012 | IBM is recognized as a 2012 N.C. Family-Friendly 50 Company* by Carolina Parenting Inc. |
| 2011 | IBM given the "Work/Life Balance Award 2011" by the Japan Productivity Center. |
| 2011 | Carolina Parenting Inc. announced IBM as one of the 2011 N.C. Family-Friendly 50 Companies. |
| 2011 | IBM Singapore is "Most Desired Companies to Work For" on "Working Parents Category" and "Top 5 Overall Category" in a PeopleSearch and Boardroom Research survey |
| 2010 | Best Achievement of Supporting Gender Equality and Work/Life Balance by the ministry Health, Labor and Welfare. (Japan) |
| 2010 | 2010 Work/Life Excellence Award from Singapore Ministry of Manpower |
| 2010 | Government "Fair & Flexible Employer" Award (ANZ) |
| 2010 | Boston College Center for Work and Families Founding Member (US/Global) |
| 2010 | Best Employer for Working Parents (Netherlands) |
| 2010 | First place in Great Place to Work 2010 survey 3 consecutive years (Uruguay) |
| 2010 | IBM Mexico was awarded as Family Friendly Company |