eBay Scores 100% in Corporate Equality Index

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FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

eBay Scores 100% in Corporate Equality Index

It was announced earlier today that eBay received a score of 100% on the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) 2009 Corporate Equality Index survey.

Now in its seventh year, the HRC Equality Index measures five key areas:
1. Non-discrimination policies
2. Diversity training
3. Benefits
4. Affinity groups
5. Marketing and Public Support for gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgenders (GLBT)

eBay received a perfect score in each of the above areas, joining 258 businesses throughout the US (and nearly 130 Fortune 500 companies) to receive a perfect score in 2009.

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
The HRC represents a grassroots force of over 725,000 members and supporters nationwide. As the largest national gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization. HRC envisions an America where GLBT people are ensured of their basic equal rights, and can be open, honest and safe at home, work and in the community.

Further reading
- The 2009 Corporate Equality Index – Full Report
- HRC Press Release and Statement
- What Businesses are Rated and How to Participate

Cheers,
RBH
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Dakota / September 2nd, 2008 at 2:14 pm

Note – it says nothing about sellers.

The DO discriminate against their sellers!

Jay / September 2nd, 2008 at 2:26 pm

C’mon… Does everything have to be attacked? Really?

Let’s leave the complaints to the threads regarding policy, etc that we may disagree with.

Jay / September 2nd, 2008 at 2:27 pm

And congrats!

Good news in the media about eBay is good news for sales.

Henrietta / September 2nd, 2008 at 3:36 pm

Looking on the positive side, this is a good thing. Admirable, as is the corporate green policy.

Maybe there is hope to achieve spreading some of the love towards customers.

Dave W / September 2nd, 2008 at 4:31 pm

Congratulations eBay! With the diversity of the huge number of employees this is truly a benchmark.

JJH / September 2nd, 2008 at 4:42 pm

“Maybe there is hope to achieve spreading some of the love towards customers.”

They’ve already done that. It’s the buyers, remember?

Patricia1 / September 2nd, 2008 at 4:44 pm

Okay Henrietta – now you come hear and wipe the tea off my monitor!

Davey / September 2nd, 2008 at 6:34 pm

How about eBay laboring to get at least a one DSR star rating in Customer Service? Then, an internal commitment to quality control for the site. That would be admirable…

Jay / September 3rd, 2008 at 6:38 am

Quality control for the site? You mean you want them to scour each and every one of the 20 million items posted on eBay each week?

I can see that 8.75% fvf quickly turning into 20% to cover the costs of that idea alone.

Jay / September 3rd, 2008 at 6:39 am

Besides, isn’t that our job as sellers to ensure we’re properly representing our products?

JJH / September 3rd, 2008 at 3:05 pm

Yes Jay, it is. Except every human being that uses the site to sell isn’t an upstanding citizen. Many are bad people, crooks even.

Remember the old saying “In a perfect world…”?

Davey / September 7th, 2008 at 12:29 pm

“Quality control for the site? You mean you want them to scour each and every one of the 20 million items posted on eBay each week?”

No, I want their sites to actually work reliably. eBay and Paypal have a horrid record for uptime, glitch-free operation. I’m not talking about the listing quality at all–you miss the point. If you had buyers angry because of the infamous echeck clearance glitch, or a buyer who couldn’t use their promotion coupon issued by eBay because of another long-standing Paypal glitch, you’d know what I mean.

And the 8.75 FVF is turning into 12 percent. Haven’t you been keeping up the the recent changes, Jay? I realize that could become a full-time job…