Chapter 6

Sitting at the Corporate Table: How Work–Family Policies Are Really Made

The impressive slate of panelists consisted of Betty Purkey from Texas Instruments; V. Sue Molina, Deloitte & Touche, LLP; Donna Klein, Marriott International, Inc.; and Phyllis Stewart Pires, Cisco Systems, Inc. Each of the panelists was asked to discuss how she became a work–family advocate, how work–family policy decisions are made in corporations, how to make a business case for work–family programs, how to keep work–family initiatives going in an economic downturn, and some of their success stories. In this chapter, their individual contributions to the panel discussion are presented separately and are organized around the above themes.

BETTY PURKEYTexas Instruments, ...

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