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Awards and Recognition
Microsoft outreach, employee contributions, and product innovations have a tremendous impact on the communities where we live and work. We are proud of our diversity efforts, and the recognition we receive reinforces that Microsoft is a great place to work!
2009
| • | Top 50 Employers, Workforce Diversity for Engineering and IT Professionals magazine |
| • | National Bar Association Corporate Challenge Award for diversity work in the legal profession |
| • | Number 1 on Diversity Edge Magazine's Best Companies for Diverse Graduates list |
| • | 2009 Freedom Award from the Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) Executive Committee |
| • | A. Leon Higginbotham Award for Legal Diversity and Pro Bono Efforts, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law |
| • | Best Diversity Company, Diversity/Careers in Engineering & Information Technology magazine |
| • | Named on "America's Top Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities for 2008" list by Diversity Business.com |
| • | Named Europe's Best Employer 2009, Great Place to Work Institute, Europe |
| • | Microsoft Ireland: Best Workplace in Ireland for 2009, Great Place to Work Institute, Ireland |
| • | Named on DiversityInc magazine's 25 Noteworthy Companies List |
| • | Number 22 on eighteenth annual "Top 50 Employers," Woman Engineer magazine |
| • | ERE Recruiting Excellence Awards for Best Diversity Program and Best Strategic Use of Technology |
| • | Best Employers in Middle East list, Hewitt Associates, Microsoft Gulf FZ LLC, and Microsoft Egypt |
| • | Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces List by the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption |
| • | Number 2 Graduate Employer of Choice for the IT sector, The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers, Microsoft United Kingdom |
| • | Number 1 on Great Place to Work Institute Sweden, Microsoft AB, third consecutive year |
| • | Number 1 on Best Places to Work in Spain, Great Place to Work Institute, third consecutive year |
| • | Number 3 on Best Workplace in France list, Microsoft France, Great Place to Work® Institute |
| • | 2009 EOWA (Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Act) Employer of Choice for Women, Microsoft Australia |
| • | Best Long-term Work Placement Provider 2009, National Council for Work Experience Awards, Microsoft United Kingdom |
| • | Special Recognition Award From the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights |
| • | Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Above and Beyond Award |
| • | Number 21 on UK Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For 2009 |
| • | Best Long-term Work Placement Provider 2009, National Council for Work Experience, Microsoft United Kingdom |
| • | Best Workplace Overall Award and Best Workplace (1,000 or more employees), Great Place to Work® Institute |
| • | Finalist in three categories of the ERE Recruiting Excellence Awards for 2009 – the Best Diversity Program, Most Strategic Use of Technology, and Recruiting Department of the Year categories |
| • | Ranked 13 by Equal Opportunity Magazine readers as a positive company for minority groups |
| • | Named as one of the top 50 employers by readers of Equal Opportunity Magazine |
| • | Number 38 on Fortune Magazine's list of 100 Best Companies to Work For, 2009 |
2008
| • | 2008 WebAward for Best Employment Web site for the Microsoft site www.youatmicrosoft.com, The Web Marketing Association |
| • | Named on America's Top Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities for 2008 by DiversityBusiness.com |
| • | Number 1 on Best Companies to Work For in India Survey, BT-Mercer-TNS |
| • | Ranked first place in U.S. Chamber Business Civic Leadership Center's "Report on the State of Corporate Community Investment" |
| • | Number 12 on Top 50 Companies list— CAREERS & the disABLED magazine |
| • | Number 1 ranking on the "50 dream employers for young specialists" in the IT sector in Russia by Action newspaper |
| • | Named number 1 most trusted company in Russia by www.E-xecutive.ru Internet management community portal |
| • | Named "Best Employer in Russia" by Hewitt Associates |
| • | Most admired publicly traded company in Asia Pacific in Wall Street Journal Asia poll for 12th consecutive year |
| • | Number one employer of choice in the annual National Society of Black Engineers top 50 Employer Preference Survey for second consecutive year |
| • | Working Mother magazine's list of the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers (sixth consecutive year) |
| • | 100 percent score for the fourth consecutive year on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2009 Corporate Equality Index |
| • | Number 2 on Diversity Edge magazine's 2008 Best Companies for Diverse Graduates list |
| • | Named in the DiversityInc 25 Noteworthy Companies list |
| • | Family Friendly Society award, Network of Mother Centres in the Czech Republic and the European Social Fund, Microsoft Czech Republic |
| • | 20 Best Companies to Work for in Orange County by OC Metro Business magazine |
| • | Number 1, 2008 Great Place to Work for in Europe, Great Place to Work Institute Europe |
| • | Best Companies for Diverse Graduates List, Diversity Edge Magazine |
| • | Microsoft corporate vice president of Worldwide Communications Martha Bejar featured as one of the Top 20 Hispanic Women in Business |
| • | Corporation of the Year, Greater Los Angeles African American Chamber of Commerce |
| • | Tampa Bay Business Journal Diversity and Inclusion 2008 Awards, special recognition for efforts to support minority-owned businesses in Tampa Bay, Florida |
| • | Outstanding Corporate Supporter for 2008 and CAC Chairman's Award by the Black Data Processing Associates |
| • | Number 1 in the Great Place to Work survey, Microsoft Japan, the Great Place to Work Institute and Nikkei Business |
2007
| • | Number 9 among 50 companies with the best reputation for employing and accommodating the disabled, CAREERS & the disABLED |
| • | Top Diversity Employers for 2007, The Black E.O.E. Journal |
| • | 2007 Corporate "Stars" Award from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society for commitment to ending multiple sclerosis through Microsoft technology innovations that benefit people living with multiple sclerosis |
| • | Nina Huang, Microsoft senior director of Government Relations in Beijing, awarded the International Women of Influence Awards for Established/Large Corporations, GlobalEXECWomen |
| • | Number 4, Czech Republic 100 Best 2007 |
| • | Number 3, the Best Company with Equal Opportunities for Men and Women in the Czech Republic, Gender Studies |
| • | "Done Deals" award from Astra Women's Business Alliance (the NW regional WBENC council) |
| • | Business Consortium Fund Star Award for continued support and outstanding achievements in supporting access to capital for minority business enterprises |
| • | Number 1 Employer of Choice, National Society of Black Engineers' 19th Annual Employer Preference Survey |
| • | Ranked second as Best Employer in Russia and third as Best Employer in Ukraine in 2006/2007 by Hewitt Associates in Best Employer Survey, International Companies segment |
| • | One of Philadelphia's Best Places to Work 2007, Philadelphia Business Journal |
| • | Working Mother magazine's 2007 Top 100 Companies for Working Mothers |
| • | Newsweek: Women and Power profile of Mich Mathews, Microsoft Central Marketing Group senior vice president |
| • | Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation's 2008 Corporate Equality Index: earned a 100% rating for the third consecutive year |
| • | Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation's list of 2007 Best Companies for GLBT Equality and 2007 Best Places to Work for GLBT Equality |
| • | Number 66 on the Dave Thomas Foundation's Adoption's 100 Best Adoption Friendly Workplaces 2007 (Microsoft was the only company recognized in the northwest and one of five companies in the western United States.) |
| • | Programs and Practices that Work: Preparing Students for Nontraditional Careers award sponsored by the National Association of State Directors of Career and Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc), the Association of Career and Technical Education (ACTE), and the National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity (NAPE) |
| • | Pasao.ba Top 10 Most Attractive Employer in Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| • | Number 1, Best Companies to Work For, MojPosao, Microsoft Croatia |
| • | Number 6, Best 100 of the Czech Republic, Great Place to Work Institute |
| • | Number 2, Best Workplaces 2007, Great Place to Work Institute, Hellas, Microsoft Greece |
| • | Number 1, Hewitt Best Employer of the Year Award, Microsoft Hungary |
| • | Number 2 Best Employer among small and medium-sized companies, Microsoft Kazakhstan |
| • | Number 1 Enterprise in Latvian IT Industry, Enterprise Reputation ranking by the national Diena, Microsoft Latvia |
| • | Hewitt Best Employer in Poland, Microsoft Poland |
| • | Employer of Dreams, KOMPAS survey, Microsoft Poland |
| • | Most Family Friendly Employer of the Year, sixth edition of the annual prize organized by the Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic, Microsoft Slovakia |
| • | Best Employer in Slovenia, Hewitt Associates survey |
| • | O2 Ability Overall Leadership Award and Retention and Well Being award, Microsoft Ireland |
| • | Dean's List: Top Supporter of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) by US Black Engineer and Information Technology |
| • | Top Ten Best Company, List of the 100 Best Workplaces in Europe, Great Place to Work Institute Europe |
| • | Number 19 on list of Best Workplaces in Canada, Canadian Business magazine |
| • | American Red Cross Ernest P. Bicknell Award for the Katrinasafe.org Web site |
| • | Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Above and Beyond Award |
| • | Number 16 on Fortune Magazine's list of 100 best companies for MBAs |
| • | Number 31 on Fortune Magazine's list of 100 Top MBA Employers for Women |
| • | Number 2, Great Place to Work Institute Greece, Microsoft Hellas |
| • | Second consecutive year as number 1 on Great Place to Work Institute Sweden, Microsoft AB |
| • | Named among the 2007 Top Supporters of HBCU Engineering by BlackEngineer.com |
| • | 2007 Professional Business Women of California (PBWC) Pacesetter Award for the top Bay Area companies that support the advancement of women in the workplace |
| • | 2007 International Foundation for Gender Awareness Award |
| • | Hispanic Business Top 100 |
| • | Maria Martinez, vice president of Microsoft Worldwide Services, named as finalist for Fifth Annual Hispanic Business Woman of the Year Awards |
| • | Felicia Guity, senior director of Microsoft OEM Marketing, named one of Ebony Magazine's 2007 Outstanding Women in Marketing and Communications |
| • | Number 16 on the Fortune 100 Top MBA employers for 2006 |
| • | Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption's list of the 100 Best Adoption-friendly Workplaces for 2007 |
| • | Number 1, Best Places to Work in Spain, Great Place to Work Institute |
| • | Top Ten Companies to Work for in Ireland, Great Place to Work Institute Ireland, Microsoft Ireland; special award for Fairness for Diversity management practices |
| • | 100 Best Corporate Citizens for 2007, The Corporate Responsibility Officer and Business Ethics magazine |
| • | Corporation of the Year Award, Northwest Minority Business Council |
| • | International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE) Diversity Award in recognition for Transgender inclusion benefit policies |
2006
| • | Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund Corporate Leadership Award |
| • | Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation's list of Best Places to Work for GLBT Equality |
| • | Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index rating: Microsoft earned a 100% rating for the second consecutive year |
| • | Working Mother magazine's 2006 Top 100 Companies for Working Mothers |
| • | 2006 "Outie" Award - Employee Resource Group of the Year award from Out & Equal Workplace Advocates |
| • | Microsoft named Best Flexible Company in Madrid Community by the Government of Madrid |
| • | Number 2 on the Best Workplaces for Commuters in the U.S. list |
| • | The Times' Where Women Want to Work Top 50 in the UK |
| • | 2006 Hispanic National Bar Association Corporate Partner of the Year Award |
| • | 2006 Professional Business Women of California (PBWC) Pacesetter Award for the top Bay Area companies that support the advancement of women in the workplace |
| • | Number 5 on the list of Top 2006 Diversity Employers in The Black Collegian magazine and college recruiting study |
| • | Number 1 on the 10 Best Places to Work in Sweden, 2006, Great Places to Work Institute Sweden |
| • | "Distinguished" award from the regional Society for Technical Communications (STC) for the Microsoft online training course "Geopolitical Awareness and Content Quality" |
| • | Microsoft is named a Top Corporation for Multicultural Business Opportunities of 2005 by more than 500,000 diversity business owners on the DiversityBusiness.com sixth annual Div50 list |
| • | 2006 Hispanic Corporate 100—Hispanic Magazine |
| • | Number 42 on Fortune Magazine's list of the 2006 100 Best Companies to Work For. This ranking is up from number 57 the year before and marks Microsoft's ninth consecutive year on the list. |
| • | Number 10 on Fortune Magazine's list of the 2006 America's Most Admired Companies, including number 1 industry rank for Social Responsibility |
| • | Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation (CSAVR) Launch Award |
2005
| • | Large Employer of the Year award by the Governor's Committee on Disability Issues and Employment |
| • | On the DiversityBusiness.com Div50, a list of Top Corporations for Multicultural Business Opportunities as voted by more than 500,000 diversity business owners |
| • | Number 2 on the NSBE (National Society of Black Engineers) Top 50 Employers list for 2005 |
| • | Maryland/Washington, D.C., Minority Supplier Development Council Corporation of the Year Award |
| • | Asociación Boricua de Dallas (The Puerto Rican Association of Dallas) Community Service Award in recognition of the company's support and software donation to upgrade laptop computers |
| • | Human Rights Campaign's (HRC) Significant Improvement Award for the HRC Corporate Equality Index from 2004–2005 |
| • | Human Rights Campaign's Equality Index: rating of 100% |
| • | Working Mother magazine's 2005 Top 100 Companies for Working Mothers |
| • | "Done Deals" award from Astra Women's Business Alliance (the NW regional WBENC council) |
| • | Minority Corporate Counsel Association 2005 Western Region Employers of Choice Award |
| • | Number 5 on the list of Top 2005 Diversity Employers in The Black Collegian magazine and college recruiting study |
| • | Named 2005 Corporation of the Year by Charlotte Post newspaper, an African-American publication in North Carolina |
| • | President's Award from the Business Consortium Fund |
| • | 100 Best Companies to Work for in China, Fortune Magazine |
| • | Number 57 on the 100 Best Places to Work in America list, 2005 |
| • | 2005 Hispanic Corporate 100—Hispanic Magazine |
2004
| • | Microsoft MSN United Kingdom: Opportunity Now Diversity Award—Business in the Community |
| • | 100 Best Workplaces in the European Union, 2004: Microsoft Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom |
| • | Best Companies to Work for in Latin America, 2004: Microsoft Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay |
| • | Number 1 employer of choice among U.S. undergraduates, most desirable IT company to work for, and fourth-best employer for valuing diversity in Universum Communications college recruiting study |
| • | "Top Corporation" and "Done Deals" awards from Astra Women's Business Alliance for Microsoft's commitment to creating more opportunities for women entrepreneurs |
| • | Annual Global Diversity Award for Diverse Supply Chains—Dialogue on Diversity |
| • | Working Mother magazine's 2004 Top 100 Companies for Working Mothers |
| • | U.S. Department of Labor New Freedom Initiative Award |
2003
| • | 100 Best Corporate Citizens—Business Ethics |
| • | Top 50 Corporations for Multicultural Business Opportunities—DiversityBusiness.com |
| • | Top 25 Vendor Programs for Latinos—Hispanic Magazine |
| • | Hispanic Corporate 100—Hispanic Magazine |
| • | NSBE 50—National Society of Black Engineers |
| • | Top 50 Companies—CAREERS & the disABLED |
| • | Number 3 on the gfn.com 50—The Gay Financial Network |
| • | Human Rights Campaign's (HRC) Corporate Equality Index rating—second-highest rating |
| • | Top 22 Fortune and Forbes companies with HRC Corporate Equality Index ratings that endorsed the Employment Non-Discrimination Act |
| • | Telly Awards—Corporate Image Category |
| • | New Freedom Awards in Research and Product—Jim Mullen Foundation |
| • | Special Recognition Award—Telecommunications for the Deaf, Inc. |
| • | Edwin T. Pratt Award—Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle |
| • | National Corporation of the Year Award—Northwest Minority Business Council |
| • | Number 1 Top Diversity Employer—The Black Collegian magazine and Universum Communications |
| • | Disability Employment Awareness Award of Distinction—U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| • | Microsoft Denmark: Great Place to Work Diversity Award—Oxford Research and Berlingske Nyhedsmagasin |
| • | Working Mother magazine's 2003 Top 100 Companies for Working Mothers |
| • | DiversityInc.com's 2003 Top 50 Companies for Diversity |
| • | DiversityInc.com's 2003 Top 10 Companies for Latinos |
| • | #2 Universum Ideal Employer by Undergrads in 2003 |
| • | Northwest Minority Business Council National Corporation of the Year Award |
| • | Information Technology Association of America IT Works Ability Awards for Accommodations |
| • | Texas Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities 2003 Employment Award—Employer: Large Business Employing and Empowering Texans with Disabilities |
| • | IT Works Ability Award—Accommodation Award Winner |
2002
| • | Dallas Mayor's Committee on the Employment of People with Disabilities—Jack Evans Leadership Award and Best Practices Large Company Award |
| • | Dayle MacIntosh Center's Apple of Our Eye Award for Large Employer of the Year (disability) |
| • | Washington State Governor's Committee on Disability Issues and Employment—Large Employer of the Year Award |
| • | One of USA TODAY's Top 5 Diversity Employers |
| • | Corporate Leadership Award from the 100 Black Men Silicon Valley |
| • | Circle of Friends Award (Community Service) from the NAACP of Silicon Valley |
| • | National Hispanic Leadership Institute—Leadership Award |
| • | Community Service Award (Scholarship Fund) from the Asociación Boricua de Dallas, Inc., and the Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce |
| • | Louis Braille Gold Medal—Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) and World Blind Union |
2001
| • | Corporate Vision Award from the LA Gay and Lesbian Center |
| • | 2001 TASH Award for Windows of Opportunity |
| • | California Governor's Committee Media Access Award for Windows of Opportunity |
| • | 2001 TASH Image Award Promoting Positive Portrayals of People with Disabilities Through Media |
| • | Al Sharpton Award for Diversity and Inclusion |
| • | U.S. Department of Commerce Distinguished Corporate Award for Disability Technology |
| • | Ron Mace Designing for the 21st Century Award—Adaptive Environments |
2000
| • | Disability Rights Advocates (DRA) "Eagle" Award |
| • | Ron Mace "Designing for the 21st Century" Award (disability) |
| • | Universal Design Award in Recognition of 12 Years of Accessible Products and Technologies |
| • | WE magazine's Golden Ladder Award (disability) |
| • | Easter Seals Corporate Sponsorship Award |
