Those listed met or exceeded the following criteria of diversity measures in the workplace. Board of Directors and leadership, recruitment, retention and promotion, marketing and community outreach and supplier diversity. 

In 1999, Lieff Cabraser and several co-counsel represented a class of approximately 14,000 African-American part-time hourly employees of UPS's Pacific and Northwest Regions alleged race discrimination in promotions and job advancement. A federal court approved a $12.14 million settlement in this action.

In 2005, six African-American and Hispanic United Parcel Service workers based at the company's Uniondale mail sorting and delivery facility filed suit in the Supreme Court of the State of New York in Nassau County alleging civil and human rights violations. The suit charged that minority workers were reprimanded without reason or for inconsequential infractions while white employees who commit more serious violations of company policy are not disciplined.

"UPS has a long-standing commitment to diversity. We know that our employees and suppliers are absolutely essential to the success of our business. Their unique ideas and talents help strengthen us as an employer, a business and a corporate citizen. And because of that, we can better serve the needs of our customers and be a reflection of the communities we serve" said Amy Whitley, vice president of corporate human resources. 

Recently, UPS also was recognized with a Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Corporate Award and was among companies listed in Black Enterprise magazine's 40 Best Companies for Diversity; National Veteran-Owned Business Association's 10 Best Corporations for Veteran-Owned Businesses, and WBENC's America's Top Corporations for Women Business Enterprises.