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2011 Corporate Responsibility Report - JPMorgan Chase

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ongoing efforts to strengthen the firm’s<br />

culture and build the firm’s diverse talent.<br />

Empowering Women to Succeed<br />

<strong>JPMorgan</strong> <strong>Chase</strong> has initiatives at the local,<br />

regional and international levels that are<br />

focused on helping women succeed. In<br />

addition to our Business Resource Groups<br />

(described below) that are focused on the<br />

needs and interests of women at the firm,<br />

such as WIN, WOCC and Sage, several<br />

grassroot employee groups have been<br />

created to support women in specific roles,<br />

levels and locations. For example, in the U.S.,<br />

Women in Risk Exchange (WiRE) cultivates<br />

connections among women across the firm’s<br />

risk management functions, and Women<br />

Who Trade (WWT) fosters communication<br />

among female traders and strives to improve<br />

their recruitment and retention.<br />

Sponsored by the EMEA Investment Bank<br />

ILC, the Connect Continuum is a suite of<br />

three career development initiatives targeted<br />

at women from the analyst level through<br />

executive director (ED) level. The Connect<br />

Continuum enables participants to raise their<br />

visibility with senior managers, grow and<br />

extend their personal and business networks,<br />

and at the same time take a more proactive<br />

role in their own career management. ED<br />

Connect, VP Connect and Junior Women<br />

Connect each provide tailored peer<br />

interaction, career planning, and mentoring<br />

and networking opportunities to provide<br />

participants with activities that they believe<br />

will provide them the greatest personal and<br />

professional benefit.<br />

Powerlist<br />

We are proud of our long-standing<br />

partnership with Powerlist, a publication<br />

that identifies and celebrates the 100<br />

most influential black people in the<br />

United Kingdom. The 2012 edition<br />

marked Powerlist’s fifth anniversary,<br />

and J.P. Morgan has been the lead sponsor<br />

of this publication since its inception. Over<br />

the last five years, Powerlist has helped to<br />

shine a light on the many talented black<br />

individuals working in senior and executive<br />

roles in a broad span of professions across<br />

the private, public and nonprofit sectors.<br />

In addition to the sponsorship, <strong>JPMorgan</strong><br />

<strong>Chase</strong> has provided in-kind support to help<br />

establish the Powerlist Foundation, which<br />

has developed a junior leadership program<br />

to identify and nurture the next generation<br />

of outstanding black talent.<br />

Hong Kong Diversity Week<br />

What started as Diversity Day five<br />

years ago has evolved into <strong>JPMorgan</strong><br />

<strong>Chase</strong>’s second annual Hong Kong Diversity<br />

Week. In <strong>2011</strong>, 600 employees celebrated<br />

the firm’s culture of diversity and inclusion at<br />

more than a dozen events during October.<br />

Organized by the Hong Kong Diversity<br />

Council, a common theme during the week’s<br />

events was how a focus on diversity helps<br />

build a talented and innovative workforce,<br />

an inclusive workplace environment and<br />

collective accountability.<br />

“Diversity Week has<br />

provided employees with<br />

a unique opportunity to<br />

get engaged, to inspire<br />

each other, to bring out<br />

the best in each other.<br />

I am proud to be the<br />

SCO of such a vibrant<br />

population.”<br />

Michael Fung, Senior Country<br />

Officer (SCO) for Hong Kong<br />

and chair of the Hong Kong<br />

Diversity Council<br />

<strong>2011</strong> CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY REPORT 71

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