Cummins Inc. 2007 Sustainability Report

“Being a
successful
company means
that we have
to embrace
diverse cultures,
and attract the
most talented
employees
regardless of
where they live.”
Deborah Jones
• Cummins offers health care and other
benefits to non-spousal domestic
partners. In making these benefits
available to employee life partners,
Cummins recognizes that it must
provide attractive and flexible programs
to all employees.
• Cummins has received a perfect score on
the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate
Equality Index every year since 2005.
• Cummins has won the prestigious
Australian Government Business
Achievement Award for the advancement
of women in the workplace. Cummins was
also a finalist for the Outstanding Initiative/
Result for the Advancement of Women,
presented by Australian government’s
Equal Opportunity for Women in the
Workplace Agency.
• Cummins Parts and Service is
participating in a university program in
which students intern locally and at our
international remanufacturing locations.
This program helps increase cultural
awareness and diversity appreciation, and
enables the next generation workforce
to function effectively in our increasingly
global enterprise.
• Cummins India Foundation (CIF) and
Cummins College of Engineering for
Women (CCEW) recently launched
a four-year Mechanical Engineering
Division, which opened in August 2007
with 60 students in Pune, India. CCEW
was established in 1991 as the result
of a significant contribution from CIF. It
was the first college of engineering for
women in India and is the first to offer a
mechanical engineering major to aspiring
women engineers.
Cummins’ concept of diversity in the
workplace has two parts. The first is
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creating a diverse workplace in terms of
the representation of people from many
different backgrounds. The second is
creating an environment that manages
people’s differences effectively and, in
doing so, inspires innovative ideas and
solutions. Making sure that everyone has
a voice can lead to creative solutions that
address real-time problems.
The Company relies on the insight
that comes from a diverse workforce
to enter new markets and geographies.
The Company depends on the varied
talents of its people, systems and
organizational knowledge to solve
complex problems, reduce costs,
and create differentiated products
and services that delight customers.
Diversity provides Cummins with a
competitive advantage in the following areas:
New markets and new businesses:
Sales in markets outside of the United States
currently are growing faster than in the U.S.
Nearly all world growth to 2050 is projected
to occur in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
The best way to grow into new businesses
and more geographic regions is to have
employees who understand the culture or
are part of it.
Customer requirements: Purchasing
materials and services from a diverse supply
base puts Cummins in a position to take
advantage of all opportunities to be the
low-cost producer. Cummins’ customers
demand we create economic opportunity for
all parts of society, especially those underrepresented
in today’s economy.
Changing demographics: Successful
companies understand how the world’s
population is being transformed by
immigration and changing birthrates. The
population of Latinos, people of African