Diversity
A clear approach to Corporate Responsibility
Message from David Bennett
"Alliance & Leicester takes it’s commitment to Diversity seriously."
"This is an important area of our workplace culture and contributes in a very real way to our Values, our corporate responsibility agenda and our bottom line.
The Alliance & Leicester Vision for Diversity is not only the about doing the ‘right thing’ it is to;
Maximise the opportunities for the Group by maximising the opportunities for individual employees and customers.
We do this by supporting our employee’s development and productivity by creating an inclusive and respectful workplace. In turn this translates into customers who believe that we understand them and provide the product and service offering they demand. Additionally, the communities in which we operate see us as good corporate citizens and together this leads to increased customer satisfaction which in turn drives shareholder benefit and profit."
Our Key Business Principles
Alliance & Leicester has clear business values and standards of conduct. Our key business principles summaries and highlights the key messages on the way we do business. There principles have been agreed by our Board of directors and communicated to all our employees through our intranet.
http://www.alliance-leicester-group.co.uk/html/csr/policies.asp
Alliance & Leicester Diversity in Practice
Alliance & Leicester believes that diversity is critical to our long term success and encourages best practice leadership.
Diversity will help to grow our business by enabling us to:
- Better relate to existing and new market opportunities
- Employ the most talented people
- Create innovative teams
- Sustain a valued and productive workforce enabling organisational goals to be met.
In keeping with our values the Group believes that every employee should be treated with respect and dignity in a work environment free from prejudice or bias. To help create that environment our employees can expect to:
- Be treated fairly and without discrimination from the moment they apply for their first job at Alliance & Leicester through to the time when they leave
- Be fairly managed and appraised so that reward reflects personal contribution
- Be offered accessible training and development to support the fulfilment of individual potential
- Be supported in creating balance in work and home life through the objective consideration of requests to change work patterns or arrangements
- Work in a safe environment, free from hazards, bullying, harassment or other inappropriate behaviour
