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Readers of Minority Engineer, the career magazine for entry-level and professional engineers, were asked to name both private and public sector employers for whom they would most like to work or that they believe would provide a positive working environment for members of minority groups. Parsons ranked #10 out of 50. The complete list appears in the magazine's Winter 2008/2009 issue.