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Diversity

GSK is committed to employing a diverse workforce in an environment where all employees are treated with respect and dignity.

Diversity benefits our business. A workforce with diverse backgrounds, cultures and outlooks helps us to understand the needs of different patients and customers. Only by delivering genuine equality of opportunity can we be sure that we have the best people in the right jobs doing their best work for GSK.

We have a range of initiatives to ensure we meet our diversity commitments. We also monitor and report data on gender diversity by management grade worldwide and on ethnicity in the UK and US. For more background information see our commitment to diversity.

Activity and performance in 2005
Our annual US Inclusion and Resilience Poll includes questions on diversity. These were all rated higher in 2005 than in 2002:

• 56% of respondents agreed that senior management shows by its actions that creating an inclusive environment is a top priority at GSK (compared with 50% in 2004 and 44% in 2002)
• 77% thought their workgroup has a climate in which diverse perspectives are valued (compared with 65% in 2004 and 67% in 2002);
• 77% thought their manager demonstrates the ability to manage a diverse workgroup (compared with 66% in 2004 and 68% in 2002).

GSK received a 100% score for corporate equality from the US Human Rights Campaign Foundation that measures companies’ treatment of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees, consumers and investors. Companies scoring 100 percent are included in the organisations’ “Best Places to Work for GLBT Equality” list.

Gender diversity (worldwide)

Women in Management Grades	% of positions held by women
	2002	2004	2005
A&B Bands*	20	19	21
C01 - C03**	31	33	33
C04 - C05***	37	38	38
Total for all management grades	34	35	35
*   Corporate Executive Team, Senior     Vice Presidents, Vice Presidents **  Director Level *** Manager Level

Women remain under-represented in senior grades. We will continue to focus on ways of ensuring women have genuine equality of opportunity in GSK.

We hold a Women in Science event in the UK each year, enabling female science graduates to give feedback on how GSK could attract more women scientists. A similar event was launched in the US in May 2005, attended by over 100 female and male employees. The focus was on development of women scientists in GSK.

Ethnic diversity

In the US, people of colour made up 19.6% of our workforce, compared with 19.5% in 2004. In the UK, ethnic minorities (as defined by the UK Commission for Racial Equality) accounted for 14.9% of employees, compared with 14.8% in 2004. In our 2004 CR Report we wrongly reported the number of ethnic minority employees as 19.8%. This was due to an error in our data collection system which we have now corrected.

Multi-Cultural Marketing and Diversity Awards
Our annual Multi-Cultural Marketing and Diversity Awards recognise staff who have found creative ways to reach a wider audience of employees, customers and communities. Awards are given in several categories including one for Employee Attraction, Development and Retention. This year’s winners included:

• The UK R&D Residential Chemistry Training Experience, designed to increase the diversity of candidates attracted into chemistry roles. Final year undergraduates spent a week with GSK on the programme. Applications were particularly sought from ethnic minority students from non-traditional universities for GSK recruits. The 20 participants received coaching on technical, personal and professional subjects and interacted with GSK employees at all levels.
• The Niquitin team, Birmingham, UK, who raised awareness of smoking cessation among ethnic populations who have higher than average smoking rates.
• The US Consumer Healthcare Hispanic Employee Network who worked with a number of GSK brands to help them understand and improve their appeal to the Hispanic community. This included our Sensodyne brand, whichwith the network’s input, increased sales by 22.1% in the Hispanic community, compared with the general market increase of 7.2%.

Employee networks
Our employee networks include programmes for Asian, African American, Hispanic and gay and lesbian employees. They provide a forum for employees with similar backgrounds to meet and discuss issues of shared concern.

“I set up the Gay and Lesbian Staff Network UK for a very simple reason: to enable positive inclusion of lesbian, gay, bi and transsexual staff in the GSK culture. Team work is an essential requirement of the modern pharmaceutical industry. Exclusion on grounds of sexuality or sexual orientation is an obstacle to effective team work and personal development.”
Chair and Founder, GSK R&D UK GLSN

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