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Building the Best
Diversity at Duke Realty Corporation
Diversity is an important strategic initiative at Duke Realty Corporation involving our Associates, our customers and our shareholders.
As our work force and customer base continues to become more diverse, our challenge is to understand and value individual differences and similarities of our Associates, customers and prospective customers. Our behaviors and actions must demonstrate and confirm our respect for each other and each other’s contributions.
The company’s commitment to diversity includes organizational processes that are “inclusionary” rather than exclusionary, which creates an environment for contributions by everyone.
Our expectation is that by responding in a positive and proactive way to these diversity issues, we will be better prepared for our long-term future through continued commitment of our Associates, ongoing and successful relationships with existing and potential customers, and continued investment from existing and prospective shareholders.
The Company, recognizing the very broad nature of the term “diversity,” offers the following examples of the many dimensions of diversity:
• Age and experience
• Culture (individual, group, global)
• Economic status
• Education and training
• Gender
• Sexual orientation
• Marital and family status
• Gender identity and gender expression
• Personal style
• Disabilities
• Race, nationality and ethnicity
• Religion
• Veteran and active armed service status
To reinforce the company’s commitment to diversity in our daily work, all Company activities, policies, practices and procedures are to be carried out in accordance with this policy. Each Associate is personally responsible and accountable for ensuring that her/his actions and behaviors reflect this policy.
Diversity Council
Supplier Diversity
Every Kind of Person Can Find All Kinds of Success
Diversity Council
The Diversity Council, created in 1998, is employee-driven and led by employees of Duke Realty Corporation located in all 19 cities across the country and is continuously a top priority of Denny Oklak, Chairman and CEO of Duke Realty Corporation. The Council works to increase diversity awareness within the company, serves as the governance body for diversity efforts at Duke Realty Corporation, and makes recommendations to Duke Realty Corporation's Executive Committee on diversity and inclusion initiatives. Recent efforts of the Diversity Council include the election of a new Chair for the Diversity Council, the sanctioning and sponsorship of Employee Networking Groups, and the establishment of the business case for diversity at Duke Realty Corporation. Duke Realty Corporation's Chief Diversity Officers lead the Diversity Council in its efforts.
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Supplier Diveristy
Creating partnerships with small, minority, women, and disabled veteran-owned business enterprises (SMWDVBE) is not only imperative to their success — it is key to our own growth and prosperity.
- Duke Realty Corporation believes in a supplier base that reflects the diversity of its customer base. The company's commitment to supplier diversity is evident in its long history of doing business with small, minority, women, and disabled veteran-owned business enterprises (SMWDVBE).
- Duke Realty Corporation's Supplier Diversity Program is a new initiative to the Duke diversity equation. The program is designed to ensure that minority, women and disabled veteran suppliers are included in the procurement process, and provides developmental assistance to these businesses.
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