NEW YORK, July 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

ACI Association has initiated research coverage on Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB). Select highlights from the internally released reports are being made available to the general public (included below), with access to the entirety of the research available to new members.

Today, membership is open to readers on a complementary basis at the following URL: http://www.aciassociation.com/?c=FB

Highlights from our FB Report include: 


        
        - Driving Diversity at Facebook - In a press release dated July 9, 2015, Maxine
          Williams, Global Director of Diversity at Facebook reported an update on the Company's
          work since the initial announcement of Facebook's diversity data last year. The
          release informed that the platform Facebook is building currently serves 1.4 billion
          people around the world, thereby bringing up diversity as the key to connect people to
          its product and business.



        
        - Current Demographic Data on Ethnicity and Gender - The Company revealed that among
          its U.S. employees, 55% are White, 36% are Asian and 4% are Hispanic. In its technical
          workforce, majority of workers are White, attributing to 51%, whereas Asian and
          Hispanic workers have 43% and 3% share, respectively. The Company's senior leadership
          consists of 73% of White employees followed by 21% of Asian and 3% of Hispanic
          employees.



        
        - Diverse Slate Approach - The Company is piloting a diverse slate approach in some
          parts of its business in the United States to present hiring managers with at least
          one qualified candidate who is a member of an underrepresented group to fill any open
          role.



        
        - Facebook University Training Program - The Company is increasing the number of
          college freshman-year paid training opportunities through its Facebook University
          training program (FBU). The FBU invites college freshmen, generally from
          underrepresented groups who demonstrate exceptional talent and interest in Computer
          Science, to spend most of their summer working on teams with Facebook mentors and
          learning the skills the Company is looking for.



        
        - Managing Bias Training Course - Facebook is working toward building an inclusive
          culture and reworking a managing bias training course. The program is designed to
          surface biases that people might not even realize they have, and gives people the
          tools to identify and interrupt biased behavior as it occurs.



        
        - Launch of Computer Science & Engineering Lean in Circles - In addition to
          investing in building a more diverse Facebook, the Company is also working towards a
          more diverse tech work force overall. To do the same, Facebook has launched Computer
          Science & Engineering Lean in Circles in partnership with LeanIn.Org, LinkedIn, and
          The Anita Borg Institute to bring together small groups of women to support one
          another as they pursue careers in computer science and engineering.

To find out how this influences our rating on Facebook, Inc. read the full report in its entirety here: http://www.aciassociation.com/?c=FB

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