Broadly speaking, Lexmark is committed to becoming a socially responsible company in the global society. This not only means that Lexmark will fully abide by the laws, regulations and rules of the country or region where the company operates, but also shows that Lexmark will constantly evaluate its ongoing business according to the principle of sustainable development to further promote the realization of this goal.
The core of sustainable development lies in maintaining the balance between the economic, environmental and social needs in the world today, without affecting the future development opportunities. For the sake of the company itself and Lexmark's partners, Lexmark requires itself to always adhere to the principles of respecting human rights, providing safe working conditions and working with them to promote environmentally friendly corporate behavior.
In Lexmark's overall commitment to social responsibility, the most important areas are as follows:
Community participation
Lexmark strives to understand and respect the cultural values and legal provisions in different business environments around the world. In the community where Lexmark employees work and live, they always respond positively to major proposals. This commitment is reflected in Lexmark's contribution to the financial situation, equipment and volunteer program.
Enterprise regulations and business ethics
Lexmark has a management system to safeguard business ethics and laws and regulations. Including but not limited to the board of directors, special committees of the board of directors and company proceedings. Lexmark also actively communicates with employees around the world, formulates a detailed code of business conduct, requires employees to abide by local laws and regulations, and provides employees with various communication channels so that employees can report potential violations through these channels.
diversification
Lexmark values and respects the individual differences of employees, customers and partners, and is committed to the diversification of global work teams. Lexmark firmly believes that a diversified work team can make employees have a better working environment and make the company more competitive in business. The company actively formulates and implements various plans that can promote mutual respect and personal success, and strives to give full play to the talents of each employee.
Environmental responsibility
Lexmark has been persistently formulating and implementing industry-leading environmental protection measures, which involve not only Lexmark's products, but also every work of Lexmark on a global scale. Lexmark's environmental protection plan is a concentrated expression of Lexmark's efforts. The plan focuses on the following three aspects:
The way to design products and services;
Methods of managing resources;
The way you live and work.
Safety and health care department
Lexmark adheres to the principle that a safe and healthy working environment is conducive to improving the quality of products and services and maintaining the continuity of production and the morale of employees. Lexmark implements health and safety plans for factories around the world, and assists first-tier suppliers to make plans suitable for their factories.
Human rights and labour standards
Lexmark promises to safeguard employees' human rights and pay attention to and respect employees according to internationally recognized norms. The company promises to recognize and abide by the following important standards: free employment, child labor, discrimination, harsh and inhuman treatment, minimum wage, working hours and freedom of association.
Supplier demand
Lexmark cooperates with suppliers to help them give dignity and respect to workers and employees, maintain a safe working environment, and carry out production activities in an environmentally friendly and socially responsible way. As a part of this activity, Lexmark actively formulated the supplier code of conduct.
The code of conduct and the principles on which it is based are formulated according to various standards, including but not limited to the sustainable development reporting guide organized by the Global Reporting Initiative, the code of conduct for the electronic industry and the United Nations Global Compact.
In addition to complying with the above requirements and standards, Lexmark does not allow retaliation against any individual who reports in good faith through appropriate channels that may violate any terms of the above statement.