Our Mission is to create and maintain an inclusive environment that leverages the
unique talents, perspectives and experiences of our diverse workforce to meet and
exceed expectations of our customers, business partners and shareholders.
At AEP, we know the importance of cultivating an environment that celebrates freethinking,
collaboration, and experimentation. We know that to achieve business excellence,
decisions must be based on a wide range of contributions from people with diverse
ideas, backgrounds and perspectives. Our key to continued success begins and ends
with our unwavering support of and commitment to diversity. We are dedicated to
attracting, developing and retaining highly skilled people with a variety of perspectives
from all cultures and every segment of the population. We value varied points of
view, all working together toward AEP's common goals. We encourage unique thinking
within the context of teamwork.
Because of our commitment to diversity we have adopted the following strategies
as building blocks for successful diversity management. These strategies support
the
"Everyone Counts"
theme of our diversity initiative, which reflects our philosophy, that each of us
has something valuable to contribute for the good of the organization.
Our strategies for success include:
- Leveraging the diversity of our employees and the strength of our brand to increase
the number of business opportunities and partnerships with key external markets,
communities and suppliers
- Focusing on the recruitment, development and retention of diverse talent
- Creating a work environment that enables employees to reach their full potential
- Integrating diversity education into existing education curricula of all employees
- Maintaining a vendor/supplier base to help position us to meet the unique needs
of our diverse customer base.
