ConocoPhillips gets it right. (Business).When Conoco and Phillips Phil·lips A trademark used for a screw with a head having two intersecting perpendicular slots and for a screwdriver with a tip shaped to fit into these slots. Petroleum merged last August, the new company rescinded Conoco's policy banning antigay discrimination. But that action didn't become public until February 6, when a ConocoPhillips employee tipped off the Human Rights Campaign. And just days after HRC HRC Human Rights Campaign HRC Human Rights Council (UN) HRC Human Rights Commission HRC Hard Rock Cafe HRC Hillary Rodham Clinton (democratic senator/presidential candidate; former first lady) made it public, the Houston-based ConocoPhillips changed its mind. "ConocoPhillips is and always has been deeply committed to fair and nondiscriminatory treatment for all employees," company officials said in a statement. "The management committee has amended a·mend v. a·mend·ed, a·mend·ing, a·mends v.tr. 1. To change for the better; improve: amended the earlier proposal so as to make it more comprehensive. 2. the company's EEO EEO Equal Employment Opportunity EEO Equal Employment Office EEO Eastern European Outreach (Murrieta, CA) EEO Extremely Elliptical Orbit EEO Exotic Electro-Optics, Inc. policy to include the term `sexual orientation' to more accurately reflect this commitment."--L.N. |
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