Location: Dublin, Ohio
Type of company: Healthcare products manufacturer and distributor
Meet the organization: Cardinal Health employs more than 32,000 across the globe, and it has received several marks of distinction for its excellence as an employer. The National Association for Female Executives named Cardinal Health one of the top 50 companies for executive women four years in a row, it received a 100-percent score on the Human Rights Campaign's corporate equity index for five years in a row. Working Mother also named it one of the 100 best companies for working moms in 2013 and 2012.
Added benefits: Cardinal Health is progressive in its commitment to gender diversity. Its Women's Initiative Network invites male leaders to attend women's conferences and the company named a male executive as its "gender partnership" advocate who engages other men in support of female employees.