Intel Corporation (INTC), The Gap Inc. (GPS), Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) Among Five Leading Companies in Employee Relations

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO)’s benefits have led to its being included in Fortune‘s list of “Best Companies to Work For” for the past 16 years in a row. Its percentage of female workers is 22%, down a little over the past few years, and 82% of workers express satisfaction with their workplace. About 76% of workers would recommend their employer to a friend, per Glassdoor.com.

Earning well while doing good
Companies doing good, such as treating their employees well, can boost your portfolio‘s performance. And various other studies have suggested that socially responsible investments are at least competitive with the overall market, if not outperforming it on occasion. That’s a solid motivation for even the most coolly rational investors to take social responsibility to heart.

If you’re in the market for solid socially responsible candidates for your portfolio, check out the real-money portfolio run by my colleague Alyce Lomax. Out of all the Fool portfolios in the group, hers was recently in first place.

The article 5 Leading Companies in Employee Relations originally appeared on Fool.com.

Longtime Fool contributor Selena Maranjian, whom you can follow on Twitter, owns shares of Intel. The Motley Fool recommends Cisco Systems and Intel. The Motley Fool owns shares of Intel.

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