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PRIDE at Toyota: trade Partnering Groups foster Respect for People

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We frequently talk here about our passion for doing things the “Toyota Way” but seldom get to showcase just how that’s done.

The Toyota Way is a management philosophy involving 14 principles that is the essence of the DNA of our organization and really all those who manufacture up the company. In its basic scheme, the Toyota Way boils down to two fundamental practices: Respect for folks and continual Improvement.

And so nowadays marks the culmination of Pride Month at Toyota and across the country as millions of folks celebrate diversity and specifically sexual diversity as a gift. What does that have to do with the Toyota Way? Plenty.

Respect for humans at that company manifests itself in many different ways, from an enterprise-wide focus and associate education on diversity and inclusion to the creation of trade Partnering Groups (BPGs), which are groups of associates whose members collectively serve as urgent resources for Toyota by way of activities that promote the company’s commerce interests, work/life, diversity and inclusion objectives.

One such BPG is GALA: homosexual and

Lesbian (Bisexual Transgender & Friends) Alliance at Toyota,

a group of Toyota associates that has as their mission to support the success of Toyota by developing and supporting an environment that recognizes and respects diversity in the workplace, thereby creating a positive environment for all associates.

Our GALA BPG helped coordinate many of the special events held at Toyota’s headquarters during Pride Month, including a lunch day forum gathering with former NBA basketball player turned author John Amaechi, who earlier that year became the first player associated with the NBA to announce that he is homosexual, and an atrium mid-day chorale performance by Vox Femina. Respect for public as exemplified through the voices of athletes and artists during Pride Month at Toyota.