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AT&T’s Corey Anthony on leading the

diversity charge with employees,

suppliers and consumers

By Melissa Lowery

AT&T celebrates 50 years as a
supplier diversity leader in 2018,
a milestone of success that speaks
to the company’s commitment
to diversity in the workplace/
workforce, marketplace and supply
chain.
To learn more about AT&T’s
overall diversity outlook, as well as
how the company is working with COREY ANTHONY: Inclusion more broadly and allow us to be
the LGBTQ+ community, we spoke at its core means unlimited more creative in the products and
with Senior Vice President, Human opportunities to succeed for every processes we develop.” This is a
Resources & Chief Diversity Officer AT&T employee, regardless of clear sign that diversity is a core
Corey Anthony. Here Anthony that person’s race, national origin, value at AT&T.
shares his philosophy on inclusion, gender, sexual orientation, age or Diversity matters because a
how AT&T insures a welcoming diverse group of employees can
Corey Anthony, Vice President, Human workplace for all, the company’s physical limitations. When we talk produce more innovative solutions.
Resources & Chief Diversity Officer about our diversity and inclusion
efforts to include more LGBTBE’s And it matters because a diverse
in the supply chain and offering practices, many piece parts create workforce leads to new thinking and
tools to consumers to manage an environment of inclusion. It a faster response to every-changing
cyberbullying and more. begins at the top of our corporate customer needs and the constantly
structure, with our board of evolving nature of business today.
MELISSA LOWERY: We’d like directors and our CEO. These
our readers to get to know your leaders are committed to diversity. ML: It’s obvious that the
personal philosophy on Inclusion That is a key to any company company values diversity overall,
and more importantly we’d that strives to be more inclusive. but let’s focus on LGBTQ
like them to understand AT&T Diversity is addressed in the AT&T equality. As the world’s largest
WATCH through your leadership lens. Code of Business Conduct. It telecommunications company
BEQTV What does inclusion mean to you reads: “Differing viewpoints that and a leader in LGBT equality,
BusinessEqualityMagazine.com and why does diversity matter at we each bring to the workplace AT&T has achieved:
https://youtu.be/t8P3e3Nfny0 AT&T? challenge us collectively to think

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