The Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the nation's largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, commented on shareholders at Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) voting with record support for a resolution to add "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" to the company's official equal employment opportunity policy. The percentage of shares voted in favor of the proposal has grown each of the last nine years, with 39.6 percent of shares voting in favor of the policy this year, which is the first year it has included "gender identity." The tally represents about 1.74 billion total shares voted in favor of the proposal.
"ExxonMobil continues to have the dubious distinction of being the only Fortune 50 company that refuses to add sexual orientation and gender identity to their non-discrimination policy, and is stuck in the ever-shrinking minority of businesses that don't offer domestic partner benefits," said Human Rights Campaign Foundation President Joe Solmonese. "It is irresponsible for ExxonMobil to ignore overwhelming shareholder support and not to join the majority of companies that provide equal protections and benefits to all families."
ExxonMobil is the only Fortune 50 company that refuses to write sexual orientation protections into its primary non-discrimination policy, which can be found in the company's Standards of Business Conduct. A total of 435
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