In recent years, we have taken steps to develop a more integrated approach to managing the different dimensions of our community involvement. Our goal is to more closely connect our traditional community relations programs, community impact assessment processes and human rights efforts. Over time, we also want to link all of these efforts with the work we have underway to develop new products and services to meet the unique mobility needs of communities in emerging markets. In our view, this approach will not only increase efficiencies, but also maximize our impact and effectiveness.
One of the key steps we took in this direction in 2006 is the revision of our Code of Basic Working Conditions to include issues that extend beyond our own facilities into the communities in which we operate. Specifically, we added new commitments on "community engagement and indigenous populations," "environment and sustainability" and "bribery and corruption." These new commitments reflect our increased understanding of the broad set of issues that fall under the umbrella of human rights and, in particular, the ways in which human rights and community issues are linked. The revised Code was approved and rolled out to employees and suppliers as a formal Policy Letter in 2007.
