Report of the FOX News Workplace Professionalism and Inclusion Council
dated December 23, 2019
Introduction and Background
Since its last report on June 13, 2019, the FOX News Workplace Professionalism andInclusion Council (the “WPIC”) convened three times pursuant to the WPIC’s
Charter: (1) on December 12, 2019, the WPIC held its second of two annual meetings
with the Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of FOX
News’ parent company (“NCG Chair”); and (2) on July 23, 2019, September 4, 2019,and December 12, 2019, the WPIC held the remaining three of its four regular annual
meetings at FOX News. WPIC members Kevin Lord, Executive Vice President of
Human Resources, Fox Corporation; Lily Fu Claffee, Executive Vice President &General Counsel, FOX News; Sylvia Hewlett, Author & Chair Emeritus, Center for
Talent Innovation; the Honorable Barbara Jones, Partner, Bracewell LLP; Virgil
Smith, Principal Consultant, Smith Edwards Group LLC; and Brande Stellings,Principal, Vestry Laight LCC, attended each meeting. As of the date of this report,
the WPIC has completed all of the meetings prescribed for it in 2019 by the WPIC’sCharter.
Regular WPIC Meeting on July 23, 2019
On July 23, 2019, the WPIC had a regular council meeting. As the meeting began, theWPIC expressed that it was very pleased and impressed by the tour of the FOX News
facilities that occurred during the April 1, 2019 meeting, and that the tour exceeded
their expectations.
Marsheila Hayes, Vice President, Diversity and Inclusion, Fox Corporation, thenspoke about FOX News’ Diversity & Inclusion efforts, in particular the Colleague
Network & Resource Groups (“CNRGs”) the company has created. CNRGs are
employee-led affinity groups that bring together employees with common interestsand issues. The goal of these groups is to promote a more inclusive work
environment with current employees, and CNRGs are also valuable tools to assist inrecruiting and retaining diverse employees. Ms. Hayes noted that CNRG teams werereestablished following the Walt Disney Company Transaction in 2019, and thatsignificant time and resources were devoted to the success of the seven refreshedgroups across all FOX locations. This included, among several other things,
rebuilding the boards of each group and procuring sponsors. Notably, the company
was successful in having senior leadership serve as executive sponsors for some ofthese groups, including the FOX News CEO, Suzanne Scott, holding that role for
Women@FOX.
Next, at the request of the WPIC (as described in its June 13, 2019 report), FOX
News presented a two-part report containing quantitative and qualitative datasurrounding employee complaints of gender-based discrimination and harassment atFOX News. In part one of the presentation, after working with outside WPIC
members to define the scope of the data, Mrs. Claffee worked to compile acomparison and analysis of anonymized gender-based (including sexual orientationbased) employee complaint data for the calendar years 2015 and 2018. The WPIC
noted that the total number of complaints found to have been reported, after an
exhaustive search, was very low overall, and that therefore, it was difficult to draw
definitive conclusions from the data. Despite the small universe of data, Mrs. Claffee
noted that the number of complaints doubled in 2018 over 2015, even though
headcount remained steady. In addition, Mrs. Claffee noted that the number ofnegotiated exits by complainants following their complaints fell significantly. Mrs.
Claffee opined that the WPIC could reasonably conclude from these two statistics
that FOX News employees felt more comfortable in 2018 than in 2015 to complain,and were more likely to stay to continue their careers following a complaint in 2018
than in 2015. Importantly, Mrs. Claffee and Mr. Lord discussed recent improvements
in how FOX News tracks and categorizes complaints, so that future data analysis willbe less labor intensive and more precise.
In part two of the presentation, Denise Collins, Senior Vice President, HumanResources, FOX News, who has been with FOX News since 2000 and has a wealthof institutional knowledge of the organization and its people, provided her qualitative
perspective on the differences at FOX News before and after the new management
team was put in place in 2017. Ms. Collins emphasized how the new CEO, Suzanne
Scott, has made it a point to be more visible and transparent in terms of the FOX
News mission. Among other things, Ms. Scott holds quarterly town halls where she
speaks to the entire employee population, and stays in the office late at least one nighteach week so employees who work on the overnight shift will have access to her. Ms.
Collins noted that this transparency was a stark contrast to the prior management.
Other steps taken under Ms. Scott’s leadership include hiring a dedicated HR leader
for the news bureaus and broadly expanding the HR team overall; instituting
sensitivity training, performance management training, and a mentor program; andmoving the newsroom from the basement to a state of the art facility on the 2nd floor.
Ms. Collins also spoke about the low turnover rate at FOX News, where there aremany employees who have been with the company for 10 years, 20 years, and more.
This continuity contributes to the teamwork and loyalty among co-workers. In
response to questions from the WPIC, Ms. Collins stressed the importance of
informing employees (through training and otherwise) of the various avenues
employees have to lodge complaints, and demonstrating that HR will hear theemployee’s complaint and investigate it promptly and thoroughly. Ms. Collins
discussed how the new management and the board have empowered her to do her job2

along the lines described above. The WPIC found Ms. Collins’ presentation very
helpful and thanked her for her time.
Regular WPIC Meeting on September 4, 2019
The WPIC had its next regular council meeting on September 4, 2019. This focus of
this meeting was a discussion regarding the parameters and structure for an employee
survey to be implemented in 2020. Mr. Lord shared formal research on “Dos andDon’ts” for an employee survey and Ms. Hewlett discussed how the importance ofmeasuring and mapping results has grown over the last few years. There was athorough and robust discussion regarding what the survey should entail, with theWPIC agreeing on the importance of employees being comfortable responding to thesurvey, which will help the company obtain the best data. There was consensus thatanonymity was an important element in this regard. The WPIC also emphasized thatsince FOX News is a vastly different company now, the survey should also provide
insight into FOX News before and after the new management team was put in place.
The WPIC concluded that it was essential that any survey the company eventually
implements must allow FOX News to benchmark the results against other media
companies. The WPIC agreed that it should interview and consider whether an
outside vendor should conduct the survey.
Following this productive discussion regarding the survey, Lauren Hallem, Vice
President, Employee and Community Engagement, Fox Corporation, stated that she
had conducted in-depth reviews of several potential survey partners. Ms. Hallem
recommended that FOX News engage Great Places to Work (“GPTW”), and presented
the WPIC with an overview of what GPTW provides. The GTPW survey focuses ontrust and is tied to fairness, pride, and camaraderie. The survey has a large database ofquestions from which FOX News can draw. GPTW would also allow FOX News tomeasure the survey results against other companies. The WPIC asked numerous
questions about the survey, including how it is administered, what types of questions
it entails, and how it can be benchmarked against other companies. Based on thisthorough discussion, the WPIC was encouraged and agreed that representatives fromGPTW would attend the next regular meeting.
Regular WPIC Meeting on December 12, 2019
On December 12, 2019, the WPIC held the final regular council meeting of 2019.
Two representatives from Great Places to Work also appeared to speak about theirproduct. GPTW has conducted approximately 100 million surveys with 7,000
companies in 60 countries. This gives GPTW an enormous data set through whichsurvey results can be benchmarked against peers. The foundation of the survey
centers on Trust, which is the result of Credibility, Respect, Fairness, Pride, andCamaraderie. The survey also measures not only whether employees stay with a3

company (turnover), but also explores whether employees want to give to thecompany (commitment). The initial survey has 60 core questions that provide
baseline results that allow for further, customized inquiry under the guidance of a
GPTW Customer Success Manager dedicated to FOX News. The GPTW
representative stressed that the survey is designed to create optimal conditions foremployees to be forthcoming an honest in completing the survey. This satisfied oneof the goals the WPIC expressed in the September 4 regular meeting. The WPIC had
the opportunity to question the GPTW representatives at length concerning thedetails of the survey and came away impressed with the presentation.
Meeting with Fox Corporation’s Corporate Governance Committee Chair
Also, on December 12, 2019, the WPIC held its second of two meetings for 2019with the NCG Chair. The Honorable Paul D. Ryan, Fox Corporation’s NCG Chair,joined the meeting via teleconference. The WPIC briefed Speaker Ryan on theprogress of the WPIC to date, including that the council has met its Charter goals for2019. Judge Jones and Mrs. Claffee summarized for Speaker Ryan the two-part reportcontaining qualitative and quantitative data surrounding employee complaints ofgender-based discrimination and harassment at FOX News that was presented at theWPIC’s July 23, 2019 meeting. Ms. Stellings recounted the council’s discussion withMs. Collins during the July 23 Meeting, including the several steps that have been
instrumental in changing the corporate culture. Ms. Stellings also described forSpeaker Ryan the tour of FOX News’ facility that occurred during the WPIC’s April
1, 2019 Meeting. Mr. Lord and Mrs. Claffee next discussed with Speaker Ryan Fox
Corporation’s new policies and procedures governing complaint handling. Next, Mr.
Lord and Ms. Hewlett advised Speaker Ryan about FOX News’ plans, developed at
the WPIC’s July 23, 2019 and December 12, 2019 meetings, to launch the GPTWsurvey. Speaker Ryan thanked the WPIC for its efforts and expressed that he islooking forward to seeing the results of the survey.
Next, Mr. Smith shared his insights on FOX News’ recruiting efforts based on
external reactions at minority journalism conferences and other venues. Mr. Smith
noted that FOX News representatives have been a friendly and outgoing presence atthese conferences, excelling with the quality of people sitting on various journalism
panels and with popular workshops FOX News hosted. These efforts resulted in anexcellent job of rebranding FOX News with journalists of color who are viewing
FOX News in a more favorable light. Mr. Smith noted that this active presence at theconferences was a significant change from past years. Speaker Ryan commented on
how non-journalism job fairs are a great opportunity for Fox News in recruiting andmade several suggestions FOX News could take to broaden its reach into minority
communities and to veterans. Speaker Ryan engaged heavily with the WPIC andoutlined expectations for the WPIC in the coming year.
4Looking Forward
The WPIC will continue to work together to set the agenda and topics to beaddressed at future meetings.
In keeping with its Charter, having reviewed FOX News’ policies and programs, theWPIC emphasized that the next meeting will focus on continued review of FOX
News’ complaint procedure process and an in-depth discussion with GPTW toformulate and fine tune the survey to be rolled out in spring 2020.
Overall, the WPIC was impressed with the efforts of FOX News in identifying avendor to conduct the employee survey and with the ultimate selection of GPTW.
The WPIC looks forward to furthering FOX News’ goal of increasing diversity andmaintaining a strong culture that is free from discrimination and harassment.

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