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DIVERSITY
It is the policy of the Company to provide employment opportunity, wages, and opportunities for advancement, training, and growth to all employees on the basis of merit. It is also the policy of the Company to comply with all existing legislation and established regulations of the various applicable governmental bodies concerned with prohibiting discrimination. The Company will not tolerate discrimination, harassment or other inappropriate treatment of employees on the basis of race, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression or other legally protected status. It is the Company's practice to deal fairly and equitably with all employees.
The Company is committed to providing a safe and healthy workplace, and shall maintain and, when appropriate, improve its plants, equipment, and methods to that end.
The Company encourages expression by employees about their work, including their ideas for continuous improvement.
At The Hershey Company, diversity is a key ingredient in making us one of the top companies in the world. We value the differences that make each individual, supplier, community, customer, and consumer unique. Our success is a direct result of our ability to recognize, understand, and incorporate these differences into everything we do.
Hershey's strength and future success lie in its diversity -- the diversity of thought, management styles, experience, and abilities that come from bringing together people with different backgrounds and different ways of seeing the world.
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