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Inclusion and Diversity:

Everyone Has a Role to Play
Respect for the individual is one of our core values and demonstrates
Accentures commitment to our people, clients and the communities
in which we live and work. At Accenture, people make the difference
in how we deliver high performance. Our approach to inclusion and
diversity is anchored by innovative initiatives that support everyone.

www.accenture.com/diversity

Creating an inclusive
environment
As our workforce grows, our executive
commitment focuses on ways of
developing and advancing all our
people and promoting an inclusive
culture of confident individuals who
work seamlessly in global teams.
Our clients are diverse and so is
Accenture. We build and maintain
a global workforce that includes
people from different backgrounds,
with a vast range of skills and
experienceall united by a common
culture and commitment to help our
clients achieve high performance.
We are committed to providing an
inclusive environment where they can
all develop professionally and build a
rewarding career. This commitment is
evident through a range of programs,
such as diversity and leadership training,
mentoring and coaching programs,
womens initiatives, and employee
resource groups, which connect
colleagues with common background,
gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or
other personal interests.

Unlocking a competitive
advantage
Inclusiveness has a direct and tangible
impact on Accentures ability to attract
and retain a top-notch and highly
diverse talent pool. Our recent HighPerformance Workforce study guides
our efforts, indicating a strong correlation
between the priority organizations

place on human capital development

and their ability to achieve high
performance. At Accenture, we
demonstrate our commitment to
inclusiveness by creating policies
and programs that help our people
achieve their best, both personally
and professionally.
Our network is broad. We collaborate
with outside organizations to both
share and learn best practices, and we
believe that strong relationships with
the partnerships we have formed are
critical to our success. We recognize
that everyone brings distinct experience,
talents and culture to their work. As
result, we are able to capitalize on
the diversity, collaborating with each
other through the work we deliver to
our clients.

Unleashing the
potential within
Accentures commitment to diversity
begins with attracting the best people.
We target the best people as early
as possible. Initiatives range from
internships to scholarship programs
to relationships with professional
organizations, colleges and universities
that expose us to a broad spectrum
of candidates. We have our eye on
the future and thats why we invest
significant resources each year to the
development and growth of students
with internships and scholarships,
enriching their entire college experience.
Phenomenal employees create powerful
teams that allow us to compete, grow
and innovate. Thereby, we are able to
recruit, retain and advance a diverse
workforce. From several resources
and programs throughout Accenture,
we can contribute to the success of
students while adding to an essential
pipeline of talent.
Our intention is to get to know you
through various channels and allow
you to get to know us. So when you
graduate, the decision to start your

career with Accenture is easy. We

know that the challenging work and
the great people who work here is a
great recipe to a rewarding career.

Focusing on women
Our long-standing commitment to
attracting, retaining and promoting
women is critical to high performance
and to the success of our company.
That is why we have more than 60,000
women contributing to an environment
thats rich in diversity, acknowledges
each individual's uniqueness and
promotes respect, personal achievement
and stewardship.
As more women choose careers in
business and technology, Accenture
has created unique programs to support
our women in their career development
and progression. We believe that
successfully integrating career goals
with family responsibilities is not only
possible, but rewarding and exciting.
Providing balance and options,
Accentures work/life programs allow
organizational support employees need
to succeed. To help us achieve these
goals, we have programs such as:
Flexible Work Arrangements
Work/Life Management Tools
Employee Assistance Programs
Local Womens Networking Groups
Womens Mentoring Program
College Initiatives
International Womens Day

About Accenture
Accenture is a global management
consulting, technology services and
outsourcing company, with more than
190,000 people serving clients in
more than 120 countries. Combining
unparalleled experience, comprehensive
capabilities across all industries and
business functions, and extensive
research on the worlds most successful
companies, Accenture collaborates
with clients to help them become
high-performance businesses and
governments. The company generated
net revenues of US$21.58 billion for
the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2009.
Its home page is www.accenture.com.

Giving and getting

100 percent
Assembling a variety of ideas, voices
and qualities at every level in our
organization is intrinsic to Accentures
success and, more important, to our
ability to help our clients achieve
high performance. Dedicated national
interest groups have been essential to
bringing change and new policies that
are beneficial to all employees. Sexual
identity issues were brought to the
forefront and ensured that diversity
and inclusion remain priority at our
company and beyond.
At Accenture, inclusiveness is at the
core of everything we do, and we
continue to make progress toward
more inclusive policies and offerings.
For instance, Accenture was a leader in
adding sexual orientation and gender
identity and expression information to

its non-discrimination policy. We also

took action to add domestic partner
benefits for all employees and signed
on as a sponsor of the all-inclusive
Employment Non-Discrimination
Act (ENDA).
We are especially proud of the
recognition we have received as
evidence of our inclusive, supportive
environment, making Accenture one of
the leading organizations on inclusion
and diversity by incorporating a number
of key initiatives into our policies.
Through everyones involvement, our
inclusion and diversity initiatives have
been acknowledged internally and
externally with recognition from
several organizations.

Guided by our visionary leadership,

we continue to seek opportunities
to extend our policies of inclusiveness and diversity. It is through our
diverse and deeply skilled talent pool
that Accentures quest for high performance and the ability to help our
clients achieve high performanceis
possible. And everyone plays a role.

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