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Best Buy re-announces 10 product recalls with CPSC

Best Buy and CPSC jointly re-announced recalls of 10 products on July 24, 2014.

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cpsc.gov
On July 24, 2014, CPSC and Best Buy jointly re-announced the recalls of 10 products that Best Buy had been selling after the original recalls had been announced.

LGBTQ+ policies Confirmed You decide

Best Buy receives perfect HRC CEI score

Best Buy received a perfect score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index.

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lavendermagazine.com
One particularly Lavender-centric aspect of this reputation is Best Buy’s many-times-consecutive 100% score on the corporate equality index of the Human Rights Campaign, the criteria of which are: nondiscrimination workplace protections for sexual orientation and gender identity; parity between same and different-sex spousal and partner benefits; transgender-inclusive health care coverage; support for an inclusive culture; public engagement with the LGBTQ community; and a company’s overall corporate social responsibility.
nbcnews.com
Charlson added that Best Buy has long supported and will continue to support the Human Rights Campaign, the country’s largest LGBTQ advocacy group, which Charlson said has recognized Best Buy as one of the best places to work for the LGBTQ community for the past 18 years in its annual Corporate Equality Index.
sec.gov
Best Buy received a perfect score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign (HRC)’s Corporate Equality Indec (CEI),1 which can only be attained by abiding by its hyper-partisan, divisive and increasingly radical criteria.2

Workplace equity Confirmed You decide

Best Buy CEO Corie Barry proposes DEI role for Hardy

Best Buy CEO Corie Barry proposed that Hardy move into the DEI space to make the most positive impact at the moment.

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usatoday.com
Then in summer 2020, Hardy says, Best Buy CEO Corie Barry came to her with a proposal for her to move into the DEI space because that’s where she could make the most positive impact at the moment.

Corporate conduct Recall Against

Best Buy sold Gree dehumidifier in recall scope

Best Buy sold a Gree dehumidifier with a model number within the scope of a recall due to a documented safety risk.

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cpsc.gov
Two weeks later, Best Buy sold a Gree dehumidifier with a model number within the scope of the recall.
cpsc.gov
Two weeks later, Best Buy sold a Gree dehumidifier with a model number within the scope of the recall.

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