Ogilvy, MSLGroup and More Make HRC's 'Most LGBT-Inclusive' List

Human Rights Campaign, the civil rights organization perhaps best known for championing same-sex marriage  and making the equality symbol go viral, released its report naming the “Most LGBT-Inclusive Places to Work” this week.

The list is very inclusive indeed — and it contains a fair number of PR firms and holding companies:

• The Ogilvy Group
• MSLGroup
• IPG (which includes Weber Shandwick, PMK*BNC, Rogers McCowan, Spong, etc.)
• Publicis Healthcare Communications

How did these businesses qualify?

According to the full report, the CEI or Corporate Equality Index requires a business to have:

• Explicit sexual identity and gender identity non-discrimination protections
• A requirement that all US-based contractors abide by the same
• Internal policies that prohibit philanthropic giving to non-religious organizations that do have written discrimination policies

More specifically, businesses get “points” for policies that provide benefits to same-sex spouses, coverage for transgender individuals, non-discrimination training for new hires, anonymous surveys to gauge an office’s inclusiveness,...