Learn the Importance of Equality at Salesforce

Learning Objectives

After completing this unit, you’ll be able to:

• Explain why Equality is a core value at Salesforce.
  
• Identify why Equality is an important value to live day-to-day.
  

Our Commitment to Equality

At Salesforce, equality is one of our longstanding core values that helps us increase innovation, engagement, and growth. What does that mean, exactly? It means that we believe in equality for all and building a workplace where every employee across the globe feels seen and supported, can thrive, and is empowered to perform the best work of their careers. Additionally, our equality approach is and has always been rooted in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Our Pillars

Equal Opportunity: Open ‌access to top talent around the globe in how we attract, advance, and support talent.

Equal Pay for Equal Work: Annually assess and adjust to ensure all employees are paid fairly for similar work, regardless of identity.

Equal Experience & Dignity: Ensure every employee feels safe and supported, can thrive, and is empowered to perform the best work of their careers.

Innovate and Bring Everyone Along in the Future of Agentforce:Influence innovation and enable everyone to succeed in the agentic future through reskilling.

At Salesforce, we strive to build fair and equal work environments where every individual feels valued, supported, safe, and empowered to perform their best work regardless of who they are, where they come from, or what they believe in.

Our commitment to equality is integrated across our business. As a company, Salesforce remains committed to equality not only because it’s the right thing to do, but also because putting equality at the core of business operations leads to better outcomes. Research shows that employees are more likely to say they’re proud to work for a company that’s committed to equality and are more likely to perform their best work when they feel included.

Connecting to Your “Why”

There are many reasons why we name Equality as one of our core values at Salesforce. To fully operationalize this value across our company, it’s important that each employee, customer, and partner understands their own “why.” In other words, why is it important for us to center equality in everything we do? Why, and more importantly, how, does equality show up in our role, our practices, and in our decision-making?

This module is the beginning of a journey to help you answer these questions and identify ways to live this core value every day, including:

• Develop a common language related to equality to better equip you to engage in conversations around the topic.
  
• Learn how to reflect on your own experiences and how they influence your interactions with the world around you.
  
• Develop a deeper understanding of your responsibility as a leader to treat all employees fairly and ensure all of our employees feel included.
  

And it all begins with connecting to your why.

Going on a personal equality journey that lasts a lifetime requires a commitment to constantly connect with and learn from others. Part of going on this journey is figuring out why you want to go on it in the first place. Your why is the thing that pushes you forward, especially if you face challenges or setbacks along the way.

Sometimes when you embark on a journey, you might not always know where to begin or where to go next. You might hear people talk about the importance of making fair and objective business decisions, creating equal access to opportunities, or developing global cultural awareness. You might even be curious about how to create equal, welcoming, and consistent experiences for all of your employees.

The truth is, just thinking about all the ways we can amplify equality in the workplace can be overwhelming, and it can feel difficult to start because you don’t know what resources to turn to. You can become nervous about having conversations related to sensitive topics. Or you can fear doing or saying the wrong thing. These are understandable—and even expected—concerns. However, focusing on your why helps you push past those moments of doubt to move toward growth and understanding.

Here are several questions you can ask yourself to identify your why as it relates to learning more about, and ultimately living, the Salesforce core value of Equality. Take some time to reflect on these questions and answer them for yourself. As you go through the rest of this module, return to these questions to see how your answers evolve.

• Why is equality important to me, if at all? What event or experience led to my desire to learn more about equality?
  

• Are there gaps in my understanding of equality?
  
• How does my understanding of equality currently influence my decisions and behaviors at work?
  
• How might this journey help me grow personally and professionally?
  

Now that you’ve taken the first step in the journey—identifying your why—the question becomes, “What's next?” Keep reading to learn more.