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Diversity and Inclusion

We're a global company and it’s important to us that our workforce reflects the markets in which we operate. Every day, we build a diverse workplace culture that brings different perspectives, ideas and skills together – driving innovation in our products and enabling us to delight our customers around the world.

We embrace diversity of individuals, opinions, cultures and abilities. We do this by focusing on three areas:

  • Workplace: Our goal is to be a great place to work. We do this by providing a work environment that enables all of our employees to deliver results and grow their careers. We work with our employees to offer the technology, flexibility and space to meet their needs.
  • Marketplace: Our goal is to build alliances that reflect our commitment to inclusion. We’re committed to helping our customers connect simply and seamlessly to what they want and need. We do this by working as an inclusive employer, supplier and neighbor to our global communities.
  • Workforce: Our goal is to have a diverse global talent pipeline, to build a diverse organization and ensure this is represented in our leadership. With employees and customers around the world, we not only embrace and value diverse individuals, opinions, cultures and work experiences, we actively seek them.

We form alliances with global diversity organizations to help us stay current on employment best practices, employee engagement techniques and recruitment and retention strategies. These alliances support our efforts to attract the best talent, from the entry-level graduate to our most senior executive. Examples include:

Through the Motorola Solutions Foundation, we also support organizations that focus on women and minorities who currently are underrepresented in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines.

Our business councils

We have several business councils that advance our commitment to an inclusive culture. Each council is run by employees, represented by an Executive sponsor and managed by our Global Inclusion and Diversity Office. We open membership to all of our employees.

The councils raise cultural awareness, sponsor events and collaborate with external community organizations. They also provide professional development experiences and mentoring to our employees. Our councils include:

  • Asian Business Council
  • Black Business Council
  • Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Diversity and Inclusion Council
  • Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Business Council
  • Latino Business Council
  • People with Disabilities Business Council
  • South Africa Council
  • Women's Business Council
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Performance and goals

Workplace

In 2010, the percentage of females in senior management globally was 16 percent, in the U.S., the percentage of people of color in senior management (directors and vice presidents) was 15 percent, and the percentage of senior management outside the U.S. was 13 percent.

In 2011, we'll continue to work with organizations that source diverse candidates.

  2009 2010
Employee demographics**
Senior management* by region    
U.S. and Canada 82% 87%
Europe, Middle East and Africa 8% 9%
Asia Pacific 9% 3%
Latin America 1% 0%
Global senior management* by gender    
Male 85% 83%
Female 15% 17%
Global employees by gender    
Male 69% 69%
Female 31% 31%
U.S. senior management* by race    
Caucasian 83% 85%
People of color 17% 15%
U.S. employees by race    
Caucasian 66% 70%
People of color 34% 30%

*Directors and vice presidents
**2010 data corrected April 2, 2012

Workplace

In 2010, we held a town hall meeting highlighting the importance of diversity to the company. During the event, we discussed how inclusion and diversity is critical for Motorola Solutions. We also discussed how diversity is a source of competitive advantage. Finally, we presented Global Inclusion and Diversity Awards. These awards recognized employees who demonstrated support for inclusion and diversity or who have helped make Motorola Solutions a great place to work. Each award recipient was nominated by his or her colleagues.

In March, we celebrated International Women’s Day at our Innovation Center in Schaumburg, Illinois. This event included a discussion about how inclusion helps deliver superior business results.

Marketplace

In 2010, Motorola Foundation grants to U.S. programs benefiting people of color remained steady at $4.9 million. We spent 9.1 percent of U.S. procurement spend with global diversity suppliers.

2008 2009 2010
Foundation grants benefiting people of color (in millions)
$4.3 $4.9 $4.9

We continued to maintain relationships with organizations focused on providing science, technology, engineering, math and environmental education for all student levels and providing scholarships for young people.

Business council activity

In 2010, members of Motorola’s Women’s Business Council and Global Inclusion and Diversity Office attended the third Global Women’s Leadership Forum (GWLF).

Our Asian Business Council hosted 75 potential and existing customers from China at the Motorola Innovation Center, Schaumburg. The event aimed to improve business relations between Motorola and Chinese companies. Among the visitors were influential people in the mining, healthcare and public safety sectors. During the meetings, employees demonstrated the benefits of our two-way radio systems and mobile computing technologies.

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