BDO USA, LLP Recognized for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility with the Alfred P. Sloan Award

BDO USA, LLP, one of the nation’s leading professional service organizations, today announced that thirty-three of its offices have been recognized in 2010 with the prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility. Twenty-six of the offices were named winners of the award and seven others were cited for honorable mention. Sloan awards are presented to companies that offer excellent workplace flexibility practices and use flexibility as a business tool to strategically enhance organizational effectiveness and benefit employees. The Sloan Awards are part of When Work Works, an ongoing initiative of the Families and Work Institute in partnership with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for a Competitive Workforce and the Twiga Foundation, with funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. This is the second consecutive year that more than 30 of BDO’s offices have been honored.

“Five years ago we introduced BDO Flex, a management strategy critical to solving broad business challenges in a global marketplace and a tool that enables us to work smarter in a competitive, “do more with less” business environment. These awards, which take into account both the personal and business benefits of flexibility, recognize the success our strategy,” said Jack Weisbaum, CEO of BDO (U.S.). “The Sloan Awards are especially gratifying because they utilize an employee survey as a major part of the evaluation process.”

In addition to the Sloan Awards, during the past year, BDO has been named one of the 2010 Best CPA Firms for Women by the American Society of Women Accountants and the American Woman’s Society of Certified Public Accountants, and one of the Best Places to Work for Recent Grads by Experience, Inc., a leading provider of career services for college students and alumni.

The following is a list of the BDO offices that were recognized with the Sloan Award: Atlanta, Austin, Bethesda, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Grand Rapids (2), Houston, Kalamazoo, Las Vegas, Long Island, Los Angeles, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, Nashville, New York, Orange County, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Richmond, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, Spokane, West Palm Beach, Westchester, Woodbridge and the National office (Chicago).

About the Alfred P. Sloan Award

Sloan Award applicants are evaluated using a rigorous two-step process. Employers complete a questionnaire about their flexibility and workplace practices, and are measured against national data from Families and Work Institute’s National Study of Employers. Companies ranking among the top 20 percent nationwide qualify for the next phase, in which employees fill out an online survey about their employer’s flexibility options. Award winners and honorable mentions are determined by their performance in both steps of the process.

About BDO USA

BDO is the brand name for BDO USA, LLP, a U.S. professional services firm providing assurance, tax, financial advisory and consulting services to a wide range of publicly traded and privately held companies. For 100 years, BDO has provided quality service through the active involvement of experienced and committed professionals. The firm serves clients through 40 offices and more than 400 independent alliance firm locations nationwide. As an independent Member Firm of BDO International Limited, BDO serves multi-national clients through a global network of 1,082 offices in 119 countries.

BDO USA, LLP, a Delaware limited liability partnership, is the U.S. member of BDO International Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, and forms part of the international BDO network of independent member firms. BDO is the brand name for the BDO network and for each of the BDO Member Firms. For more information please visit: www.bdo.com.