Diversity and Inclusion

Diversity in the Marketplace

Baptist Health seeks to be a good corporate citizen in the South Florida community. Minority vendors are an integral part of this community and bring a unique set of skills and experience to the table. That is why Baptist Health has many initiatives to increase our business with minority vendors.

As a faith-based, not-for-profit organization, we also look for businesses with strong ethical standards in employee benefit compensation and deep roots in the South Florida community.

“Baptist Health recognizes the value diversity brings to our employees, customers, and communities. It is our firm belief that having a diverse supplier pool reflective of the markets we serve helps to build customer loyalty, strengthens the communities in which we operate, makes us stronger as an organization, and gives us a competitive edge. We are committed to the development of a diverse supplier base, and to maintaining an inclusive work environment that values and supports diversity and inclusion for our employees, vendors, and anyone with whom we do business.

Guided by our Supplier Code of Conduct, we expect our suppliers to commit to an inclusive work environment and equal opportunities. We also encourage our employees to be inclusive in their daily business decisions when selecting the best supplier to meet our business needs.

All suppliers that seek to do business with us must demonstrate the ability to be reliable and provide competitively priced, high-quality goods and services.

Diverse suppliers may include women-owned, veteran-owned, minority-owned, disabled-owned, LGBTQ+-owned, disadvantaged, and other small businesses, where applicable.”

-George Godfrey, Chief Supply Chain Officer

Diversity in our Patients

Baptist Health South Florida International Services is one of the largest hospital-based international programs in America. Thousands of people each year travel to Miami from around the world to visit our respected physicians and our medical facilities.

Executive Diversity Council Purpose

The purpose of the Executive Diversity Council is to guide, support and advance diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across Baptist Health. The council, made up of senior executives from across the organization, provides strategic oversight to our DE&I efforts in order to ensure an environment where patients, visitors, employees, medical staff, vendors/suppliers, and all of the communities we serve are welcomed, included and involved regardless of race, ethnicity, cultural background, language proficiency, literacy, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, disability, socioeconomic status or military status.