Corporate Social Responsibility

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At Microsoft, we believe that good corporate citizenship starts at home and

that how we work is just as important as all that we do to support our local
communities. We work across our business to be a responsible partner to
those who place their trust in us. Knowing that our behavior affects all of our
stakeholders (including customers, shareholders, employees, communities,
suppliers, and partners), we seek to ensure their voices are considered in
decisions we make. Our engagements range from consulting leading human
rights experts to parents concerned about the online safety of their children.
We align our work with internationally recognized priorities and frameworks,
such as the United Nations Guidelines on Business and Human Rights and
the United Nations Global Compact. To allow our stakeholders to understand
our policies, practices, and performance, we base our Citizenship reporting
with the standards provided by the Global Reporting Initiative.
Finally we recognize that many issues are too large and complex for any one
organization to solve itself and have helped form a number of partnerships to
advance responsible practices across our industry, including the Global
Network Initiative and the Electronics Industry Citizenship Coalition.