Talk to your executive staff about the importance of including people with disabilities in your overall diversity program. Talk to your supervisors about the benefits, ease, and affordability of providing reasonable accommodations in the workplace. Let your human resource professionals know that the President's Committee's Job Accommodation Network provides free, individualized information on affordable worksite accommodations for all types of disabilities. Talk to union officials and shop stewards about their representation of workers with disabilities and your commitment to providing reasonable accommodations to such workers. Talk to your subcontractors about what they can do.
Every company has an image.
As Chief Executives, you know that to be successful in today's market, you must market your policies and philosophy as well as your products. By demonstrating fairness in your hiring policies toward people with disabilities, you will at the same time communicate your commitment to creating opportunities for all people. And I want to know about your successes so I can share them with other CEO's as I travel throughout the country and when I preside at the President's Committee's 50th Annual Conference in June. While we have made great strides during the last 50 years, so much work remains. Recently, we have heard employers say they have difficulty finding qualified applicants with disabilities.