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2008 Year in Review | Awards and Recognition 19
Best Place to Work
n Earned our highest ranking to date (#17) on FORTUNE
magazine’s list of 100 Best Companies to Work For.
This marks our company’s seventh consecutive year
on the list. We were particularly noted for our
communications with employees and others throughout
the challenges of 2008.
n Included on Working Mother magazine’s 100 Best
Companies for Working Mothers for the seventh year.
The Principal was noted for the addition of The Principal
Child Development Center, an on-site early learning and
childcare service provider exclusively available to employees
of the company.
n Included among the top 10 of the National Association
of Female Executives’ Top 30 Companies for Executive
Women. The Principal has been on this prestigious list
for six consecutive years. It measures women’s
representation among top-paid and top-tier positions at
America’s largest companies.
n Included for the 11th consecutive year on LATINA Style
magazine’s list of 50 Best Companies for Latinas,
which recognizes employers that actively recruit and
promote Latinas.
n Scored a 95 out of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign
Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index. This annual
measure rates employers on the treatment of gay, lesbian,
bisexual and transgender employees, consumers and investors.
n One of only 11 companies awarded a Platinum rating out
of more than three dozen companies honored in the
National Business Group on Health’s list of the Best
Employers for Healthy Lifestyles.
n Maintained the Platinum Well Workplace distinction from
the Wellness Councils of America.
n Ranked #26 on Computerworld’s list of 100 Best Places
to Work in IT. This is our company’s seventh consecutive
year on the list. The Principal was noted for its support
of flexible schedules, including compressed work weeks,
part-time hours and telecommuting.
n Ranked #73 on Training Magazine’s Training Top 125,
which honors employers for investment in employee
development, the scope of development programs offered
and how closely such efforts are linked to business goals
and objectives.
Innovation
n Ranked #9 on Information Week magazine’s list of Top
500 Most Innovative Users of Information Technology.
Ethics/Integrity
n Named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies
by Ethisphere Magazine. One of only four financial
service organizations selected, this marks the second
consecutive year The Principal has made the prestigious
list of 100 companies.
n Named one of America’s Most Admired Companies for
2008 by FORTUNE magazine.
n The 19th company to receive the United Way Spirit of
America award—the highest award recognizing a company
that exemplifies leadership and commitment in support of
an annual United Way campaign.
AT TH E PR I N C I P A L , O U R C O M M I T M E N T T O C U S T O M E R S B E G I N S W I T H A S T R O N G C O M M I T M E N T
T O E M P L O Y E E S – C R E A T I N G A P L A C E W H E R E H I G H -P E R F O R M I N G E M P L O Y E E S W A N T T O W O R K .
OU R E F F O R T S C O N T I N U E T O P A Y O F F , A S S H O W N B Y T H E T H I R D -P A R T Y R E C O G N I T I O N W E ’V E R E C E I V E D .
TA K E A L O O K A T S O M E O F T H E R E A S O N S W E C O N T I N U E T O A T T R A C T T H E B R I G H T E S T A N D B E S T .
A great company starts with great employees.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION