Our diversity program recognizes that all of our key constituencies—employees, customers, vendors, government agencies and community partners—play a part in strengthening our company. We rely on the diverse strengths and talents of the entire Compuware team to enhance the personal success of our employees, to foster business opportunities and to deliver value to our customers.
Leadership Commitment to Diversity
The value Compuware places on diversity and our commitment to creating a more inclusive business environment emanates from the top and extends throughout the organization.
The Compuware Board of Directors is diverse in gender, ethnicity and age. To underscore the board's commitment to diversity, it has created the Diversity and Community Relations subcommittee, which is responsible for formulating strategies for Compuware diversity objectives. The subcommittee works in partnership with the corporate leaders of diversity, human resources, recruiting, procurement and community relations.
The Office of Diversity coordinates the overall diversity program with the mission to create, retain and engage a diverse and inclusive workforce, foster diverse business relations and develop community partnerships.
Diversity Program
Inclusion Training
Compuware works to ensure that our work environment is inclusive and diverse. Through our Managing Inclusion and Embracing Inclusion courses, we teach our managers and employees how to create an inclusive environment that considers differences.
The Managing Inclusion course is offered for managers and focuses on how the inclusion of all employees is directly connected to Compuware's organizational strength and competitiveness. The Embracing Inclusion web-based training is offered for individual performers and focuses on what individual team members can do to help create and maintain an inclusive environment.
Employee Resource Groups
Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), initiated by employees and supported by Compuware, are created around an aspect of common social identity. The ERGs serve as a liaison to the company from the employee constituencies and bring value to Compuware through recruitment, cultural exchange and community outreach. Participants enjoy networking, mentoring, professional development and community involvement opportunities, and help support Compuware business objectives.
Each ERG is assigned an Executive Sponsor who provides leadership support and strategic direction for the Employee Resource Group president and board.
Employee Resource Groups now active:
African American Employee Resource Group
Compuware Chinese Association
Compuware Women's Association
Compuware INdian Employee Resource Group and You (CINERGY)
Latin American Employee Resource Group
Military Veterans of Compuware
Mentoring
Compuware offers formal and informal mentoring opportunities to develop, support and expand opportunities of a diverse workforce. In addition, the Employee Resource Groups offer a mentoring program for its members. The goal of the program is to promote career enhancement for ERG members through advice, coaching, personal and professional growth as well as networking opportunities.
Internships and Student Programs
Compuware offers a variety of opportunities for students and future technology professionals worldwide. For example:
Summer Internship Program
Compuware casts a wide net to recruit interns from a variety of backgrounds in order to build an inclusive, creative team of interns and possible future employees.
Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA)
Recognizing the importance of creating a new generation of IT professionals and supporting our local schools, Compuware sponsors multiple teams of high school students throughout the nation in the annual national BDPA computer competition. Compuware and BDPA have had a long and mutually beneficial relationship that supports the professional goals of African Americans in IT.
Diversity Awards
Compuware continues to be recognized as a leader in diversity and inclusion.
2008
Jobs4.0's Best Employer for Job Seekers over 40 List
Michigan Business and Professional Association's Elite Award for Diversity and Multiculturalism
2007
Corp! Magazine's Award for Diversity-Focused Company
Black MBA Magazine's Top 50 Companies for African American MBAs to Work List
DiversityInc.'s 25 Noteworthy Companies List
2006
Black Data Processing Associates & WorkplaceDiversity.com's Top 10 Companies for Blacks in Technology
Black MBA Magazine's Top 50 Companies for African American MBAs to Work List
DiversityInc.'s Top 50 Companies for Diversity List
Community
Compuware is committed to improve the quality of life in the communities where our employees live and work. The Office of Diversity supports organizations that promote women and people of color as well as other aspects of diversity.