Microsoft Office affirmative action plan has been developed under Executive Order 11246 pertaining to the hiring of racial minorities and women. Their goals include providing a deep focus on key development areas to enable individuals and managers to address and identify needs in relation to the careers of women and minorities through the 'Women's & Minority Career Framework' and the 'Wired for Success' series for women & minorities. Also, Microsoft is offering flexible work arrangements, programs, resources, and tools to help employees achieve greater work-life balance. These resources range from extensive resource and referral services to generous maternity and paternity leave policies. Another important intention is the support of LGBT Equality: For more than 25 years, Microsoft has supported gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender employees and policies. They were one of the first Fortune 500 companies in the world to offer domestic partner benefits for Microsoft LGBT employees. Since 2005, Microsoft achieved a 100 percent score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC) 2014 Corporate Equality Index (CEI). The CEI provides an in-depth analysis and rating of corporate policies and practices related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender employees. Their final goal is the advancing of women through global outreach and advertising.
