“Our goal is to make PwC a place where diverse groups of people can develop to their full potential, where they feel comfortable, where they can progress professionally, and where they want to stay. Today, the word ‘diversity’ encompasses a wide range of differentiation, including race, religion, gender, ethnicity, age, country of origin, sexual orientation, and disabilities, among others. As we strive to be our best, we each need to think about how we can connect with different types of people and how we can learn from each other. This is how we will become the distinctive Firm.”
Dennis Nally
US Chairman and Senior Partner
"As part of the experience of working at PwC all of our partners and professionals, on a global basis, are expected to demonstrate specific behaviors of building trust-based relationships, collaboration, empathy and delivering value to our clients and to each other. Our commitment to diversity means doing what it takes so that all employees receive appropriate developmental opportunities, and that we eliminate any barriers (real or perceived) that could stand in the way of advancement. We strive to be a high performing organization, and believe the only way we can be successful is to embrace all the perspectives and experiences that shape our professionals' point of view."
Roy Weathers
Tax Partner and Chief Diversity Officer
At PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), our focus on diversity and inclusion is about making PwC a great place to work for all of our people. We focus on diversity because it's the right thing to do and it's good for our business. Doing the right thing is how we best serve our clients, so it only makes sense that it should be applied to our own People Strategy. You can see and feel our commitment from the top down. Diversity is embedded in our People Strategy. It's embedded in the way we think about business.
PwC's Minority Circles, Women's Networking Circles, Parenting Circles, and Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) Circles are designed as professional forums to help women, ethnic minorities, parents, and gay and lesbian professionals connect with one another and provide mentoring, learning and development opportunities. They also give professionals access to role models that help them develop and advance. In addition, our annual Diversity in Business Leadership Conference, a critically renowned three-day forum, is designed to support the professional and leadership development of high-performing PwC professionals along with talented PwC
eXceed scholarship recipients. We have most recently established the Special-Needs Caregivers Circle with the mission to provide a nationwide support network of professionals who have a disability or special need or have someone in their lives with a disability or special need.
As a 2007 Catalyst Award winner, PwC understands that gender differences do matter. In fact, our People Strategy includes a philosophical approach to developing talent. Instead of treating everyone the same, we have a customized approach to fit the diversity of our people to create a culture of inclusion. To date, our efforts have paid-off. More than half of the Firm's new hires each year are women and their representation at the partner level continues to steadily increase.
PwC actively supports GLBT professionals through its GLBT Circles as well as our GLBT Partner Advisory Board. The Board
represents a diverse range of tenure, professional skill and life experience and advises Firm leadership on the planning and implementation of GLBT initiatives which continue to make an impact. In fact, in 2006, we were the recipient of Out & Equal's Significant Achievement Award for advancing workplace equality for GLBT employees, and from 2006-2008, we continue to score 100% on HRC's Corporate Equality Index.
We believe that a strong supplier diversity program is a key element to a successful diversity program. At PwC, we support organizations and programs that certify, train, and develop diverse suppliers. We know that our diversity efforts have a positive economic impact on the communities where we do business. Our goal is to partner with diverse companies that can provide innovation and competitive solutions to our supply chain. If you are interested in partnering with PwC, tell us about yourself by sending information about your company to
supplier.diversity@us.pwc.com.
