Corporate responsibility: People

People

Our people are the core of our business. Every day, they help us build trust: the trust of our clients, the trust of colleagues and the trust of the public. We invest in our people by providing enriched professional experiences and robust learning opportunities to create responsible leaders and trusted advisors who can have a positive impact on our clients, colleagues and communities.

We foster an inclusive culture and are committed to providing growth opportunities, career flexibility and ongoing training to our people. We believe that diversity brings many talents, backgrounds and personalities to bear on important issues. And because we believe that the power of diversity makes the firm stronger, we enhance the cultural dexterity of our people by offering innovative diversity programs as well as accelerated learning and coaching experiences that help to develop our people as successful professionals. From extensive orientation programs to ongoing training and educational support, the firm provides a continuous learning environment that encourages our people to stay and grow their career.

Highlights of PwC’s commitment to our people and investment in their futures:

• Investing $190 million annually in top-quality training for our people and being ranked as the #1 training organization by Training magazine
• Giving our people 10 hours of paid time off to donate to charitable organizations, which is in addition to other firm-sponsored volunteer activities
• Developing Project Belize , an international internship program for our interns and high performing partners and staff
• Creating an innovative leadership development program, Genesis Park
• Establishing PwC eXceed, our US Firm’s Scholar’s to increase our pipeline of high-achieving diverse talent
• Offering the Diversity in Business Leadership Conference , a three-day leadership conference bringing together high-performing minority staff with our eXceed Scholars
• Supporting the Alumni Key , a robust alumni relations program that touches more than 73,000 active alumni
• Providing the Ulysses Program , a unique, eight-week program that helps grow future leaders of the firm.

Recent awards

We've been recognized externally for our people and diversity efforts, ranging from Diversity Inc. ’s “Top 50 Companies for Diversity” in 2004, 2006, 2007 and our current 2008 ranking at #4. Learn more about the awards we have received from various publications, from Fortune and Business Week to Working Mother and Hispanic Business magazines.