User talk:Myersde

re: mentor
Hi - sorry to be so brief but I'm recovering from the flu. I'll be pleased to be your mentor. I'll leave a longer message on Sunday or Monday. Thanks and welcome! :-)  K rakatoa  K atie   03:01, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi Myersde, I'm an Online Ambassador and ll be stepping in to help you while Katie is away. Feel free to ask any questions on my talk page and I'll be checking up to make sure that all is going well with you. Cheers. – SMasters (talk) 17:05, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi Deirdre, just checking in to see how you are getting along. Looks like all is going well with Corporate Equality Index. Do give me a shout if you need anything. Cheers. – SMasters (talk) 13:00, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Corporate Equality Index sources
Hi! Sorry, it looks like Katie is still away from Wikipedia; I'm trying to find someone else to serve as your temporary mentor until she gets back.

As for sources for Corporate Equality Index, your concern is right on... the article will be a lot stronger if you have some significant sources that don't come from the people who make the index. One good way to start is a Google Scholar search for "corporate equality index" (with quotes). Among other things, it turns up this, which looks promising: http://gom.sagepub.com/content/33/5/602.abstract

It's a study of how stock prices changed in response to the release of the index. A number of the other results look promising as well. Good luck! --Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 21:11, 17 February 2011 (UTC)


 * At http://books.google.com, search for "corporate equality index" (with the quotes) and you'll find bits in Raeburn's Changing corporate America from inside out (University of Minnesota Press, 2004) including much more history on the development of the index. And lots of other sources to dig through as well, both gay press and not.


 * You can also cite how companies discuss their ratings. Like the Feb 10, 2011, New York Times article headed "Marsh & McLennan Companies Rated among Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality". Right now your entry is all from the HRC viewpoint, but the corporate acceptance is a large part of the story. Companies brag about their ratings. Many press releases appear at http://www.prnewswire.com/ PR Newswire. Try some likely company web sites and search their press releases. (I also added the "Under Construction" tag to the Corporate Equality Index page.) Even the fact that the Index was reported by TIME magazine (Oct 1, 2007) is worth noting.


 * Another angle. The Index is referenced when complaints are lodged against a company. See http://www.dallasvoice.com/dpd-hotel-investigating-gay-mans-complaint-offduty-officer-1036626.html That's a case in a gay pub, but maybe you can find more instances.


 * Here's a case, still from gay press but that's not really a prob, where a corporate spokesman cites the Index in defending his company's track record against a disicrimnation complaint: http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=4747 "Hammond did note, however, that among its recent accolades, last year the Human Rights Campaign Foundation recognized Wells Fargo with a Corporate Equality Index score of 100 percent. The company received the same score this year."


 * And here's a copycat index: http://washingtonjewishweek.com/main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=14307


 * And the Index seems to serve as the basis for "Buying for Equality": http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2007/mar/26/glbt-advocacy-group-says-dont-shop-oak-lawn-kroger/


 * Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 18:55, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks so much! I had actually never known about Google Scholar Search. All of this information is really helpful, and thanks for putting the Reconstruction banner on the article! I don't know if this is proper Wikipedia protocol for a "thank you", but I thought it may be superfluous to post on your talk page. Thanks again!
 * Myersde (talk) 19:21, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Deirdre, should you add "so far" in the sentence that has the statistic for companies added to the index in 2011? ````


 * If you are referring to the sentence stating how many companies received the 100% rating in 2011 (in the History section), that refers to the 2011 Corporate Equality Index, which has already been published and is therefore not subject to change until the publication of the 2012 index. I clarified that "2011" was in reference to "the 2011 index", to aid readers in comprehension. However, if you are referring to a different sentence, please let me know so that I can correct it. Thank you!Myersde (talk) 18:19, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

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