Houghton Mifflin Company reaffirms its long-standing policy of providing equal employment opportunity/affirmative action to all persons. Although the corporate affirmative action officer is responsible for effectively auditing and monitoring the affirmative action program, the success of the program depends upon the cooperation of each manager, supervisor, and employee. To carry out the equal employment opportunity/affirmative action policy, the following practices and procedures have been, are, and will continue to be in effect:

We will recruit, hire, train, promote, and retain individuals in all job titles without regard to gender, race, age, religion, disabilities, military status, sexual orientation, or national origin. All our employment and promotion decisions will further the principle of equal employment opportunity.

All other personnel actions such as compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs, return from layoff, Company-sponsored training, education, tuition assistance, and social and recreational programs will be administered without regard to gender, race, color, age, religion, disabilities, military status, sexual orientation, or national origin.