Time Warner: Our People

Attracting and retaining a diverse workforce is vital to our success. Time Warner has a broad and inclusive approach to diversity. We believe that people from different cultures, ethnicities, sexual orientations, disability communities, geographic regions, viewpoints, and genders bring important values and qualities to the creation of Time Warner’s products. We actively seek to recruit the most talented and diverse workforce.

Finally, we work to make sure that we are not only attracting and hiring the best and most diverse talent, also are retaining that talent as appropriate by creating an inclusive work environment. As of the end of 2007, all Time Warner divisions include identity, expression, or other legally protected classification in all EEO non-discrimination or anti-harassment policies.

Diversity Data
Each divisional CEO has an annual plan for diversity that supports multicultural market expansion, workforce diversity development, and workplace inclusion.

Employee Resource Groups
Across all our businesses, our senior executives champion inclusion through communication to employees and customers, and by fostering an environment that encourages healthy debate. We believe that achieving greater diversity will enable us to identify the best growth opportunities, deliver the best customer value, and create the greatest returns for our shareholders. Most of our divisions provide financial support to employee-based affinity groups – professional development networks for diverse populations – as one way to cultivate an inclusive work environment. Examples of our affinity groups include OUT@TW (Corporate’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transexual network), Alianza (HBO’s Hispanic Employee Networking Resource), BE@T (Black Employees at Time Inc.), APLAWD (AOL People Living and Working with Disabilities) and TWWN (Time Warner Women’s Network). At many divisions, senior executives act as sponsors for these affinity groups where they help provide guidance and act as a senior-level springboard for ideas. Read more about diversity in Time Warner’s 2008 Corporate Social Responsibility Report.