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Diversity at Baxter

Baxter's approximately 45,000 employees around the world develop innovative products and therapies that help people in more than 100 countries. As a global company, Baxter relies on each individual employee's unique background and experiences to contribute to building a high-performing organization. In fact, more than half of the company's employee population resides outside of the United States, creating a team that is truly diverse by gender, ethnicity, race, religion, age, disability status and lifestyle.
 

Baxter’s culture encourages and fosters respect for the diverse contributions of all.

Discrimination in hiring, promotion and all other employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state or local laws is prohibited. Baxter's global operations comply with applicable laws and company business standards around the world. The company encourages employees to report discrimination to a supervisor, human resources representative or any member of management so Baxter can address the situation promptly. Baxter requires that U.S. manager-level employees and above take an online training course to ensure compliance with the company's workplace diversity and fair employment opportunity policy.
 
The following tables illustrate Baxter’s ethnic and gender diversity at various levels in the company.

Board and Executive Leadership Ethnic Diversity (% non-white of total)
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Board of Directors 10.0% 16.7% 9.1% 8.3% 8.3%
Executive Leadership1 16.7% 18.8% 7.7% 16.7% 13.3%

 

Board and Executive Leadership Gender Diversity (% female of total)
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Board of Directors 20.0% 16.7% 18.2% 16.7% 16.7%
Executive Leadership1 5.6% 6.3% 15.4% 25.0% 33.3%

 

Gender Diversity at Baxter (% female globally)
  2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Vice President and Above 17.9% 20.1% 20.1% 19.6% 19.0%
Supervisor to Director 34.7% 37.2% 38.4% 38.2% 39.1%
Non-Manager 58.1% 57.6% 57.3% 57.0% 56.5%
Total 59.4% 54.6% 54.6% 54.1% 53.7%

 

1 Executive Leadership figures include Operations Committee members and regional presidents. Prior years recalculated for consistency.

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