Memberships and Awards
Collaborating and leading at home and abroad
As a global technological innovator, we work with our peer companies, governments, communities and nonprofit organizations on a wide variety of issues and belong to a vast range of industry organizations. From time to time, we are honored with awards for our work and the way we do business. Following are a selection of the awards we’ve received over our 25-year history and a partial list of the organizations of which we are members.
Our awards
We have earned a distinguished reputation. We are among the members of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index® and FORTUNE 500®. We have won the U.S. Department of Labor’s Secretary of Labor’s Opportunity Award. Our work environment, dedicated workforce and expertise have also earned us a place among FORTUNE magazine’s list of “100 Best Companies to Work For in America” for thirteen consecutive years. We have also been named to FORTUNE’s list of “Most Admired Companies.” CIO named Qualcomm to its “Top 100” list for exemplifying the highest level of operational and strategic excellence. A full list of our awards and recognition is available on our corporate website.
Our memberships and industry affiliations
We maintain membership in various worldwide standards bodies, industry associations and other special interest groups. The following lists are a sampling of organizations we are involved with.
Our corporate memberships
- Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions
- American Chambers of Commerce (worldwide)
- American Council for International Personnel
- American Trucking Associations
- BIOCOM
- Business Roundtable
- CommNexus
- The Conference Board
- Consumer Electronics Association
- CTIA
- Department of Defense Western Regional Council for Small Business
- Digital Europe
- European American Business Council
- Information Technology Industry Council
- Institute for Supply Management
- Intelligent Transportation Society of America
- International Telecommunications Union
- National Association of Purchasing Management–San Diego
- San Diego Supplier Development Council
- Semiconductor Industry Association
- Telecom Council Silicon Valley
- Telecommunications Industry Association
- U.S. China Business Council
- U.S. Council for International Business
- U.S. Russia Business Council
- U.S. Taiwan Business Council
- World Economic Forum
Our workplace memberships
- American Industrial Hygiene Association
- American Management Association
- American Society for Quality
- American Society for Training & Development
- Building Service Contractors Association International
- Business Ethics Leadership Alliance
- Direct Employers Association
- Equal Employment Opportunity Impact
- Ethisphere
- HR Strategy Forum
- Human Rights Campaign
- The Institute for Corporate Productivity (I4CP)
- International Executive Housekeepers Association
- National Association of Industrial and Office Properties
- National Council of Women in Technology
- National Industry Liaison Group
- National Serve Safe Foundation
- National Society of Black Engineers
- Organization Design Forum
- Organization Development Network
- Pacific Safety Council
- Risk Insurance Management Society
- Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
- Society of Human Resource Management
- U.S. Business Leadership Network
- Women In Technology International
Our community memberships
- Business Continuity Institute
- Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy
- Consortium of School Networking
- Council on Foundations
- DRI—The Institute for Continuity Management
- HandsOn Network/Points of Light
- International Association of Emergency Managers
- International Society for Technology and Education
- Mais Unidos, United States Agency for International Development
- ReadySanDiego
- San Diego Association of Contingency Planners
- San Diego Grantmakers
- Sorrento Valley Consortium
Our environmental memberships
- American Institute of Architects
- Business Council for Sustainable Energy
- California Center for Sustainable Energy
- California Climate Action Registry
- The Climate Registry
- Digital Energy Solutions Campaign
- Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition Global E-Sustainability
Initiative Extractives Work Group - Environmental Leadership Council of Information Technology Industry Council
- Green Restaurant Association
- GridWise Alliance
- Industrial Environmental Association
- International Association of Culinary Professionals
- International Facility Management Association
- International Special Events Society
- National Association of Fleet Administrators
- National Restaurant Association
- San Diego Foundation Climate Initiative Professional Advisory Board
- San Diego Regional Sustainability Partnership
- Smart Grid Interoperability Panel
- TechAmerica China RoHS Steering Committee
- United States Green Building Council
- World Economic Forum Business-Expert Task Force on
Low-Carbon Economic Prosperity