Diversity and Inclusion
– Making Companies Stronger
By Alex Gorsky, Chief Executive
Officer, Johnson & Johnson
Making room for true
diversity of people and
ways of thinking isn’t just
the right thing to do; it
makes our companies
stronger, and it improves
our day��to��day experiences
at work.
It’s also how companies can thrive
in today’s global economy. Jacqueline
Maestri, our Vice President, Engineering
and Property Services (and one of our
highest-ranked Latinas, whose incredible
profile you can read in this month’s
issue of LATINA Style) puts it perfectly
when she says there’s no way you
can find solutions for humanity when
you’re only representing or incorporating
one group’s perspective.
Those of us in the private sector
who embed diversity and inclusion
into the very fabric of our company
DNA accept the responsibility that
comes with leading the way: We must
challenge other companies, organizations
and institutions to commit to building
more inclusive and representative
workplaces and communities.
At Johnson & Johnson, that’s how
we’ve done business for 132 years.
We’re honored to be named LATINA
Style’s Company of the Year. It’s a
profound recognition of how diversity
and inclusion informs every aspect of
our business practices, from management
to factory floor to supply chains. And
we’re enormously proud to have our
100-year commitment to Hispanic
diversity in our workforce and in our
His View
business decisions recognized by such
a distinguished publication.
Since its founding in 2001, our Hispanic
professionals employee resource group,
HOLA, has expanded to 33 chapters
globally and 1,050 employees. The work
they do is invaluable in contributing to
our growth: from an advisory council
that provides our businesses and brands
with counsel on how best to reach
Hispanic audiences to creating groups
to improve supplier diversity. We’re
also committed to creating more
leadership opportunities for our Hispanic
employees through mentoring and
recruitment. HOLA was the recipient of
LATINA Style’s Top ERG honor in 2017.
And yet we’re always striving to make
those commitments more robust. We
believe that a richer, more prosperous
and more progressive future for all
depends on creating inclusive and
welcoming opportunities where everyone
can perform their best. It’s why we
ensure that we’re not just implementing
innovative new programs, but holding
ourselves accountable by continuously
measuring their impact and infusing
diversity and inclusion into the business
goals for all our divisions.
Receiving this honor from LATINA
Style is a wonderful recognition of all
we’re doing for employees, but we’re
far from satisfied. We know that the
work of building a brighter, more
inclusive future for all is continuous,
and involves the combined work of
companies across industries and
organizations in both the public and
private sectors.
Driving forward that change happens
when we work together in partnership,
like our ongoing work with the CEOs of
the Business Roundtable to spotlight and
support diversity and inclusion programs.
For us at Johnson & Johnson, our
biggest hope is that we can lead by
example and show others the immense
need, and even greater opportunity, of
creating the workplaces that welcome
and empower all.
We ask others to join us in creating
that shared future.
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