P&G Advocates Disability Confidence Through Limitless Program
Procter
& Gamble (P&G) Philippines, a company that has long championed equality
and inclusion in the workplace, launched its P&G Limitless program and the P&G
Manila Service Center (MSC) Persons with Disability (PWD) Network.
The
program aims to enable everyone to become disability confident, from the moment
they apply and all through their career journey in the company. Disability
confidence in business is when employers are able to have the skills,
techniques, tools and confidence needed to understand disabilities and address
barriers for their PWD employees.
P&G
aims to create an environment where all employees are well-equipped with
disability fluency, thus understanding and knowing how to interact and work
with persons with a disability. This helps create a more inclusive workplace
and company culture where employees with a disability and employees with
disabled dependents feel valued, included and can perform at their peak.
Among
their practices, the company uses software applications and their features such
as live captioning and other visual accessibility tools so that hiring
managers, interviewers and employees can leverage these features to
successfully conduct interviews, trainings, and meetings with colleagues and
applicants with disabilities. For hard-of-hearing applicants, P&G can
provide interpreters during interviews and onboarding activities to assist
applicants in navigating and understanding processes to give them a strong
start in a new company.
“P&G
believes in the power of our unique differences and in giving equal access and
opportunity to everyone regardless of gender, background, sexual orientation,
and disability. We intentionally provide the necessary tools and accommodations
that give people an equal opportunity to succeed. Across our hiring, training, development and
appraisal processes, we assess every employee’s performance fairly based on
their impact and eliminate bias where it is unnecessary,” says Vince Dizon,
Country Human Resources Leader for P&G Philippines.
P&G
also aims to strengthen its capabilities by partnering with different expert
institutions and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) such as the Benilde Deaf
School to conduct basic Filipino Sign Language Training. Recently, the P&G PWD network also collaborated
with the University of the Philippines College of Allied Medical Professions to
conduct a Neurodiversity awareness and acceptance training for its employees. This
included an interactive discussion about the introduction to neurodiversity,
neurodiverse experiences and perspectives, and the types of therapies and
support services to further help P&G employees to be disability confident.
Fostering
inclusive communities
The
PWD Network is the latest community that P&G has established to foster
equality and inclusion in the workplace. Other P&G affinity networks
include their Women’s Network, Parents at Work, Men Advocating Real Change
(MARC), and Gay, Ally, Bisexual, and Lesbian Employees (GABLE).
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