Man on a Mission

Terex's (TEX) Mission Statement

2007-06-18T22:08:00.000-07:00

Our Purpose

To improve the lives of people around the world.

Our Mission

To delight our current and future construction, infrastructure, mining, and other customers with value added offerings that exceed their current and future needs.

To achieve our mission we must attract the best people by creating a Terex culture that is safe, exciting, creative, fun and embraces continuous improvement.

Our Vision

Customer - to be the most customer responsive company in the industry as determined by our customers

Financial - to be the most profitable company in the industry as measured by ROIC

Team Member - to be the best place to work in the industry as determined by our team members

Source: Terex

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Franklin Resources' (BEN) Mission Statement

2007-06-18T21:59:00.000-07:00

Our mission is to be the premier global investment management organization. Guided by our core values and unique perspective, we achieve this mission by offering high quality investment solutions, providing outstanding service and attracting, motivating and retaining talented people.

Our core values reflect what is most important to us as a company.

1. Put clients first. We strive to know and meet our clients' needs, and we fully accept our fiduciary responsibility to protect shareholders' interests.

2. Build relationships. We work to establish enduring relationships with our clients and business partners. We value collaboration and cooperation in our workplaces.

3. Achieve quality results. We value professional excellence and expertise, and we work together to produce consistent, competitive results for our clients.

4. Work with integrity. We speak and act in an honest manner. We believe in being accountable for the impact we have on others.

Source: Franklin Templeton Investments

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Publix's Mission Statement

2007-01-19T10:19:00.000-08:00

Our Mission at Publix is to be the premier quality food retailer in the world.To that end we commit to be:

Passionately focused on Customer Value,

Intolerant of Waste,

Dedicated to the Dignity, Value and Employment Security of our Associates,

Devoted to the highest standards of stewardship for our Stockholders, and

Involved as Responsible Citizens in our Communities.

Source: Publix.com

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Smith International's (SII) Mission Statement

2006-05-21T20:31:00.000-07:00

MISSION

Our people and technology make us a world leader in drilling tools and services. We work together to constantly improve customer satisfaction, employee opportunity and shareholder value.

PHILOSOPHY

Committing ourselves to integrity, we will:

Earn the respect, confidence and loyalty of OUR CUSTOMERS by serving them so well that they profit from their association with us.

Provide OUR PEOPLE the highest degree of challenge and opportunity so they can realize their ambitions in terms of career, rewards and family security.

Fulfill our obligations to OUR INVESTORS to such an extent that they are both proud and eager to share in our enterprise. Be fair to OUR SUPPLIERS and encourage their contributions to our success.

Not malign OUR COMPETITORS and gain their respect through our ethical practices. Be good citizens of OUR COMMUNITIES and OUR COUNTRIES.

Source: Smith International

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National Oilwell Varco's (NOV) Mission Statement

2006-05-21T20:06:00.000-07:00

National Oilwell Varco utilized a Shared Values Statement.

Integrity: We say what we mean, our actions reflect our words, and we honor our commitments.

Customer Focus: Our customers are our number one priority and we consistently meet or exceed their expectations.

Enthusiasm: We are passionate about our work and take pride in designing quality into the products, services and solutions that we provide.

Stakeholder Value Creation: We employ creativity and initiative in the creation of stakeholder value and are recognized and rewarded for it.

Performance Drives Results: We create our future through our choices and actions today.

Teamwork: We collaborate with our suppliers, our customers and each other to optimize the sum of all individual efforts.

Citizenship: We honor the culture and laws of all areas in which we participate and demonstrate respect for all.

Source: NatOil.com

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Sunoco's (SUN) Mission Statement

2006-05-21T19:59:00.000-07:00

Our Purpose is to:

Be a source of excellence for our customers;

Provide a challenging professional experience for our employees;

Be a rewarding investment for our shareholders;

Be a respected citizen of community and country.

Our Committment is to:

Profitable Growth

Seeking sustainable, profitable growth by encouraging relentless pursuit of our vision, simplicity of style, speed of action, innovation and leadership in all of our chosen business activities.

Positive Change

Embracing and capitalizing on change, recognizing that every employee must be empowered to stimulate continuous improvement in all aspects of our business.
Enthusiastic CustomersEnhancing our reputation as a company that customers can rely on to deliver products so excellent in their quality, and service so outstanding in its responsiveness, that Sunoco will always be recognized for leadership in the marketplace.

Involved Employees

Striving for a workplace where opportunity, openness, enthusiasm, diversity, teamwork, accountability and a sense of purpose combine to provide a rewarding professional experience that promotes fairness, dignity and respect for all employees.

Confident Shareholders

Managing all parts of our business in a manner that builds value into the investment of all shareholders, confirming their confidence in participating in the ownership of this company.

Responsible Citizenship

Conducting our business with the highest standards of ethics, adherence to the law, and "doing what's right" -- thereby continuing Sunoco's legacy of encouraging a healthy and safe workplace, responsible government, a highly competitive free enterprise system, environmental excellence and community enrichment.

Source: Sunoco USA

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Canadian Natural Resources' (CNQ) Mission Statement

2006-05-21T19:52:00.000-07:00

Our Mission Statement

"To develop people to work together to create value for the Company's shareholders by doing it right with fun and integrity."

Our Business Approach

We believe that the paths of exploration and opportunistic acquisition must be followed simultaneously. Further, cost effective exploitation of all these assets will generate superior returns over the long term.

Our business model is built on the premise that if you believe an asset is worth owning, you should own as much as possible. Furthermore, if you control the asset, you can determine the optimal development program that meets the Company's needs and timeframe. Hence, we favor high working interests and high operatorship levels.

Balance is integral to the business approach. We strive to balance commodity mix as well as project completion horizons. This provides reduced volatility in cash flow and a strong inventory of projects for growth in the near, mid and long-term.

Finally, financial discipline is required to be successful over the long-term. This equates to being the low cost producer and to exercising judgment in capital allocation decisions. We have a proven record of managing the balance sheet through the commodity price cycles.

Source: CanadianNatural.com

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Danaher's (DHR) Mission Statement

2006-05-21T19:31:00.000-07:00

Danaher utilizes a Core Values statement rather than a traditional mission statement.

The Best Team Wins

Associates are our most valued assets.
We're passionate about retaining, developing and recruiting the best talent available.
Danaher and its associates win because:

We are team-oriented with Involvement by all.

We seek fact-based, root cause solutions; not blame.

We are accountable for results, and we deliver.

We are non-political and not bureaucratic.

We have high integrity and respect for others.

Winning is fun!

Customers Talk, We Listen

Quality First, ALWAYS!
We base our strategic plan on the Voice-of-the-Customer.
Robust, repeatable processes yield superior Quality, Delivery, and Cost that satisfy our customers beyond their expectations.

Continuous Improvement (Kaizen) is Our Way of Life

The Danaher Business System IS our culture.
We aggressively and continuously eliminate waste in every facet of our business processes.

Leading Edge Innovation Defines Our Future

We continuously apply our creativity to the technologies of products, services, and processes.
Out-of-the Box ideas, both large and small, add value to our enterprise.
We accomplish "breakthroughs" through the Policy Deployment process.

We Compete For Shareholders

Profits are important because they attract and retain loyal shareholders.

Source: Danaher.com

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Caremark Rx's (CMX) Mission Statement

2006-05-21T19:24:00.000-07:00

Mission Statement

We will be the premier health management solution provider, enabling individuals and plan sponsors to optimize their healthcare investment.

Guiding Values

I C A R E — As a Caremark employee, I am proud to be part of a team of people who share a deep commitment to a core set of values:

INTEGRITY — We are devoted as individuals to ethical practices in all we do and we want our company to represent this value in the marketplace.

CUSTOMER — We always focus on the customer when we consider our business practices or go about our own work.

ACCOUNTABILITY — We hold ourselves accountable for our actions as individuals and we expect our colleagues and management to do the same.

RESULTS — We strive for excellence; we believe the systems and processes we have in place and our commitment to innovation will ensure that we are always a leader in our field.

EMPOWERMENT — We recognize that to be most effective, every employee must feel empowered to participate, communicate and innovate.

Source: Caremark.com

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Lehman Brothers' (LEH) Mission Statement

2006-05-21T19:10:00.000-07:00

Our mission is to build unrivaled partnerships
with and value for our clients, through the
knowledge, creativity, and dedication of our people,
leading to superior results for our shareholders.

Source: LehmanBrothers.com

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Trader Joe's Mission Statement

2006-03-04T09:17:00.000-08:00

Our Mission...

At Trader Joe's, our mission is to bring our customers the best food and beverage values and the information to make informed buying decisions. There are more than 2000 unique grocery items in our label, all at honest everyday low prices. We work hard at buying things right: Our buyers travel the world searching for new items and we work with a variety of suppliers who make interesting products for us, many of them exclusive to Trader Joe’s. All our private label products have their own "angle," i.e., vegetarian, Kosher, organic or just plain decadent, and all have minimally processed ingredients.

Source: TraderJoes.com

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Kellogg Company's (K) Mission Statement

2005-11-16T12:03:00.000-08:00

Kellogg's utilizes a values statement rather than a mission statement. However, their values statement reads like a mission statement.

We Act With Integrity And Show Respect

Demonstrate a commitment to integrity and ethics

Show respect for and value all individuals for their diverse backgrounds, experience, styles, approaches and ideas

Speak positively and supportively about team members when apart

Listen to others for understanding

Assume positive intent

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We Are All Accountable

Accept personal accountability for our own actions and results

Focus on finding solutions and achieving results, rather than making excuses or placing blame

Actively engage in discussions and support decisions once they are made

Involve others in decisions and plans that affect them

Keep promises and commitments made to others

Personally commit to the success and well being of teammates

Improve safety and health for employees, and embrace the belief that all injuries are preventable

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We Are Passionate About Our Business, Our Brands And Our Food

Show pride in our brands and heritage

Promote a positive, energizing, optimistic and fun environment

Serve our customers and delight our consumers through the quality of our products and services

Promote and implement creative and innovative ideas and solutions

Aggressively promote and protect our reputation

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We Have The Humility And Hunger To Learn

Display openness and curiosity to learn from anyone, anywhere

Solicit and provide honest feedback without regard to position

Personally commit to continuous improvement and are willing to change

Admit our mistakes and learn from them

Never underestimate our competition

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We Strive For Simplicity

Stop processes, procedures and activities that slow us down or do not add value

Work across organizational boundaries/levels and break down internal barriers

Deal with people and issues directly and avoid hidden agendas

Prize results over form

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We Love Success

Achieve results and celebrate when we do

Help people to be their best by providing coaching and feedback

Work with others as a team to accomplish results and win

Have a “can-do” attitude and drive to get the job done

Make people feel valued and appreciated

Make the tough calls

Source: Kelloggs.com

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Caterpillar's (CAT) Mission Statement

2005-11-16T10:27:00.000-08:00

Vision

Be the global leader in customer value.

Mission

Caterpillar will be the leader in providing the best value in machines, engines and support services for customers dedicated to building the world's infrastructure and developing and transporting its resources. We provide the best value to customers.

Caterpillar people will increase shareholder value by aggressively pursuing growth and profit opportunities that leverage our engineering, manufacturing, distribution, information management and financial services expertise. We grow profitably.

Caterpillar will provide its worldwide workforce with an environment that stimulates diversity, innovation, teamwork, continuous learning and improvement and rewards individual performance. We develop and reward people.

Caterpillar is dedicated to improving the quality of life while sustaining the quality of our earth. We encourage social responsibility.

Source: Cat.com

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Aetna's (AET) Mission Statement

2005-11-12T05:59:00.000-08:00

Why We Exist: The Aetna Mission

Aetna is dedicated to helping people achieve health and financial security by providing easy access to safe, cost-effective, high-quality health care and protecting their finances against health-related risks.

Building on our 150-year heritage, Aetna will be a leader cooperating with doctors and hospitals, employers, patients, public officials and others to build a stronger, more effective health care system.

What We Believe In: Our Values

At Aetna, we put the people who use our services at the center of everything we do and live by a core set of values:

Integrity

Quality Service and Value

Excellence and Accountability

Employee Engagement

What We Are Trying to Achieve

We seek to achieve superior customer satisfaction through innovative products, comprehensive health and related benefits choices, effective service and easy-to-understand information.

Our goals are:

To give individuals and families affordable coverage choices, helpful service and information so they get the financial protection and health care they need - from prevention through chronic and critical care.

To respect and work effectively with doctors and hospitals by establishing efficient processes and providing prompt claims payments and useful information that helps them provide safe, cost-effective, high-quality health care.

To provide employers advice, cost-effective benefits choices and programs that improve the health status and productivity of their work forces.

To partner with brokers and consultants through responsive service, timely information and attractive commissions so they may effectively advise employers on their benefits choices.

To offer employees an engaging and diverse work environment that permits them to satisfy their professional ambitions, take pride in their contributions and share in Aetna's success.

To be a leading corporate citizen, improving the quality of life in communities where we live and work.

To award shareholders a superior return on their investment in our company.

Source: Aetna.com

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A Good Article on Mission and Vision Statements

2005-11-09T08:51:00.000-08:00

For those interested, there's a really good article called The Business Vision and Company Mission Statement on the QuickMBA website.

Thomas Kinkade Company's Mission Statement

2005-11-09T07:35:00.000-08:00

Our Vision

"To Share God's Light Everywhere"

Our Mission

To strive to fulfill the Company's Vision through our businesses, our relationships with our suppliers, customers, our community and our employees.

Our Values

It's all about L.I.G.H.T.!

Loyalty

Inspired products and services that extend the Thomas Kinkade Company's Brand and its Message

Integrity

In all our action and behaviors

Growth

Development for all employees and social responsibility to the community

Honoring God

Through a high commitment in excellence, quality and productivity

Trust

Inclusion and respect for everyone

Source: ThomasKinkadeCompany.com

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Cingular's Mission Statement

2005-11-09T06:25:00.000-08:00

Cingular, a subsidiary of SBC uses a vision and values statement.

Vision

To be the most highly regarded wireless company in the world, with a driving focus around best-in-class sales and service.

Values

Customers: We value our customers and treat them with respect, providing friendly, courteous, knowledgeable and prompt service at all touch points. We seek and are driven by our customers' feedback.

Integrity: We operate with unyielding integrity, obeying all laws and adhering to a stringent code of business conduct. We will not tolerate unethical business conduct by our team members.
Performance: We continually raise our performance to exceed customer and shareholder expectations. We strive to be the best wireless company in the world.

Teamwork: We partner with one another—respecting new viewpoints, building trust, enhancing communications, and sharing best practices to deliver world-class products and services.

People: We value our team members and treat them with respect, providing an environment where diverse individuals can develop and are expected to perform to their full potential.

Source: Cingular.com

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Nestle USA's Mission Statement

2005-11-09T06:10:00.000-08:00

Nestlé USA utilizes core values rather than the traditional mission statement.

Core Values

Nestlé USA's core values are the principles we want to characterize our culture.

People

People from all diverse backgrounds are our most important asset and the source of our competitive advantage. We operate in teams where we expect and reward responsible risk taking.

Quality

We are dedicated to continuous improvement in the food safety and quality of every product we make and in every activity we perform.

Brands

Our strong brands ensure the continuity of our growth and profitability. Their support is every associate's responsibility.

Consumers

Our reason for being is to understand, anticipate and best fulfill our consumers' needs.

Customers

We appreciate and support the critical role our customers play in getting our brands to the consumer while working closely together to achieve mutual value.

Performance

Exceed total Company High Performance Targets (HPT's) for RIG, Organic Growth and EBITA.

Source: NestléUSA.com

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Royal Ahold's (AHO) Mission Statement

2005-11-08T21:19:00.000-08:00

Our mission and vision

We want to be the leading food provider in those markets in which we choose to operate. This mission will be delivered by a focused company with common goals and shared values. At all levels of our company, we want to "think customer" and move closer to our customers' needs. We want to focus on attracting customers and improving competitiveness in all markets.

Customer, customer, customer

We love being in the food business

We are committed to good corporate governance

We value our diversity

Customer, customer, customer

Our focus is very much on enhancing our customer offering and boosting our competitiveness by improving sales growth, decreasing our cost base and building a sustainable platform for the future.

Our customers have been our lifeblood for the last 118 years. We endeavor to earn our customers' loyalty by delivering value and creating the best overall place to shop. We strive to make every day a little easier for our customers, bringing them interesting and innovative shopping experiences. We are actively engaged in helping the communities we serve. We have a passion for our business

We love being in the food business

We love satisfying our customers' daily needs. We cooperate to leverage our capabilities, our scale, our strength and our knowledge. We use our know-how to differentiate ourselves and create what we believe is an outstanding customer experience. We are never satisfied in our search for excellence and customer convenience: easy in, easy shop, easy out.

We are committed to good corporate governance

We want to ensure we operate with utmost integrity backed by rigorous controls and to protect our company and associates through continuous and strict adherence to our business principles.

We value our diversity

We value the richness of our diversity and respect one another for who we are, how we think and what we contribute. We are committed to developing our associates. We place a high priority on open, honest communication with all of our stakeholders.

Source: RoyalAhold.com

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Ariel Mutual Funds' Mission Statement

2005-11-08T21:06:00.000-08:00

Mission & Values

Our mission revolves around one word: Patience

In earnest pursuit of excellent performance and outstanding client service, patience is our over-arching virtue. By taking a long-term view, we are able to build our firm around these core values:

Focus
As we strive to be the premier small and mid-cap value investment firm, we will continue to grow our company with discipline and rigorous standards.

Independent Thinking
Through voracious reading and active listening, we are armed with information that enables us to challenge conventional "wisdom," and stand out from the investing crowd.

Team Work
Our diverse and experienced professionals work together toward a common goal of excellence in every aspect of our business. We live up to our commitments. Moreover, through significant personal ownership in our firm, as well as in our mutual funds, our interests are squarely aligned with those of our valued clients.

Community
We are committed to strengthening the neighborhoods and cities in which we live and work, practicing a hands-on model of corporate responsibility.

Source: ArielFunds.com

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Koch Industries' Mission Statement

2005-11-08T12:42:00.000-08:00

Koch Industries has a pretty interesting principles that they adhere to as part of their trademarked philosophy called Market Based Mangement® (MBM)

MDM® Principles

1. Integrity
Conduct all business affairs lawfully and with integrity.

2. Compliance
Strive for 10,000% compliance, with 100% of us fully complying 100% of the time. Ensure excellence in environmental, safety, and all other compliance. Stop, think and ask.

3. Value Creation
Create real long-term value by the economic means. Understand, develop, and apply Market Based Management® to get superior results. Eliminate waste.

4. Entrepreneurship
Demonstrate the sense of urgency, discipline, accountability, judgment, initiative, economic and critical thinking skills, and risk-taking mentality necessary to generate the greatest contribution to the company.

5. Customer Focus
Understand and build relationships with customers to profitably anticipate and satisfy their needs.

6. Knowledge
Seek and use the best knowledge in decisions and proactively share your knowledge while embracing a challenge process.

7. Change
Embrace change. Envision what could be, challenge the status quo, and drive creative destruction.

8. Humility
Practice humility and intellectual honesty. Constantly seek to understand and constructively deal with reality to create real value and achieve personal improvement.

9. Respect
Treat others with dignity, respect, honesty, and sensitivity. Encourage and practice teamwork.

10. Fulfillment
Create value and produce results in order to realize your full potential and find true enjoyment in your work.

MDM® Living Values

Koch companies focus on building competitive advantages in the industries in which they operate.

Koch companies create these advantages and capture profitable opportunities in the marketplace through leadership in developing and practicing Market Based Management®. MBM®, implemented in Koch companies worldwide, was developed based on these beliefs:

Long-term business success comes only from creating real value for customers and society, not the illusion of value.

The world is experiencing an unprecedented (and accelerating) rate of change.

To create value amid this change requires a well-founded understanding of what people value and how the world works.

Throughout history, the framework that leads to the greatest value creation is one based on economic freedom, individual responsibility and the rule of the law.

A market system based on private property and economic freedom has proven to be the most effective and efficient system for creating prosperity and social progress.
Koch companies try to bring the productive power of the free market into their operations by applying MBM through five dimensions:

Vision: Koch companies constantly seek opportunities, in any industry, for which their capabilities will create superior value.

Virtue and Talents: Integrity, humility, teamwork, intellectual honesty and the desire to create real value are necessary values for a free society to function properly. Talented people who embody these virtues are an important driver in an organization’s success.

Knowledge Processes: A key driver of prosperity is understanding what people value and how to satisfy these values. Thus, Koch companies strive to create a culture and the measures necessary to build the relevant knowledge.

Decision Rights: Creating superior value requires that decisions be made by those who have demonstrated the ability to get results. Therefore, authorities are set more by competitive advantage than by hierarchy.

Incentives: Koch companies try to reward their people like entrepreneurs, paying them a portion of the long-term value they create.

Source: KochIndustries

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Junior Achievement's Mission Statement

2005-11-08T11:23:00.000-08:00

Junior Achievement's Mission and Vision Statements go hand-in-hand. In fact, their mission statement is incorporated into their vision statement.

Our Mission

We are the passionate people behind a movement that seeks to educate and inspire young people to value free enterprise, business, and economics to improve the quality of their lives.

Our Vision

The envisioned future ... what we aspire to become. Guided by our basic beliefs of integrity, respect, and excellence, Junior Achievement maintains an active vision, front and center, on how we can have a positive impact on the lives of more students. Our vision is comprised of our core ideology and purpose: To educate and inspire young people to value free enterprise, business, and economics to improve the quality of their lives. From this, we articulate our mission: To ensure that every child has a fundamental understanding of the free enterprise system.

Source: JuniorAchievement.org

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2005-11-08T05:35:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to let everyone know that comments on Man on a Mission are now moderated. So, if you are leaving spam comments, you are wasting your time.

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PS - Man on a Mission is sort of a hobby blog. My main blog is AllThingsFinancial

Alcoa's (AA) Mission Statement

2005-11-08T05:30:00.000-08:00

Alcoa utilizes the vision statement rather than the mission statement.

Alcoa's Values

Integrity

Alcoa’s foundation is our integrity. We are open, honest and trustworthy in dealing with customers, suppliers, coworkers, shareholders and the communities where we have an impact.

Environment, Health and Safety

We work safely in a manner that protects and promotes the health and well-being of the individual and the environment.

Customer

We support our customers' success by creating exceptional value through innovative product and service solutions.

Excellence

We relentlessly pursue excellence in everything we do, every day.

People

We work in an inclusive environment that embraces change, new ideas, respect for the individual and equal opportunity to succeed.

Profitability

We earn sustainable financial results that enable profitable growth and superior shareholder value.

Accountability

We are accountable – individually and in teams – for our behaviors, actions and results.

We live our Values and measure our success by the success of our customers, shareholders, communities and people.

Alcoa's Principles

Integrity

We live our Values everywhere, all of the time.

We demonstrate integrity in our behavior and actions.

We keep our promises.

We have the confidence and courage to ask for help.

We expect integrity from every Alcoan and do not tolerate unethical behavior.

We avoid conflicts of interest but will declare situations where they may occur.

We expect integrity from our customers, suppliers, and others who do business with us.

We communicate openly with individuals and communities on issues that affect them.

Environment, Health and Safety

We value human life above all else and manage risks accordingly.

We relentlessly pursue and continually improve EHS systems and processes to achieve an EHS incident-free workplace.

We do not compromise our EHS Value for profit or production.

We comply with all laws and set higher standards for ourselves and our suppliers where unacceptable risks are identified.

We support pollution prevention and sustainable development, by incorporating social responsibility, economic success and environmental excellence into our decision making process.

We measure and assess our performance and are open and transparent in our communications.

We supply and use safe and reliable products and services.

We use our EHS knowledge to enhance the safety and well-being of our communities.

We are all accountable for conforming with and deploying our EHS Value and Principles.

Customer

We deeply understand our customers needs and consistently meet or exceed them through ABS.

We build strong long-term customer relationships at all levels.

We cross organizational and geographic boundaries to seamlessly serve customers.

We are the leader in our chosen market segments.

We develop innovative product, service, and information solutions.

We develop and nurture clear Alcoa and product brand identities.

We develop and maintain a strong commercial organizational capability.

Excellence

We continuously set goals beyond the best.

We demand, recognize, and reward excellence.

We achieve system excellence through application of the rules of our system and by rapidly implementing best practices.

We eliminate waste by rapidly solving problems at their source.

We move practical and theoretical limits through innovation.

We have rapid change as a mindset.

We are committed to excellence by living our Values.

We empower our people through a diverse learning organization to capture the best from everyone.

People

We treat each other with dignity and respect at all times.

We seek to understand each other's ideas and suggestions.

We value diversity and our individual differences.

We create and seize opportunities for growth and development.

We seek and accelerate change.

We continuously re-design our work to eliminate waste and improve the value of our work.

We provide appreciative and constructive feedback to each other to improve our individual and team performance.

We create the appropriate balance in our work and family lives.

We create value in the community in which we live and work, through our presence and leadership.

Profitability

We all understand how our job contributes to profitability.

We eliminate waste every day, reducing our costs and capital requirements.

We earn our right to grow by achieving returns that exceed our cost of capital.

We aggressively pursue organic growth by creating exceptional value for customers.

We make strategic acquisitions and integrate them excellently.

We openly and effectively communicate our financial results internally and externally.

We do not make money at the expense of our Values.

Accountability

We first recognize our role and responsibilities, then take ownership, and accept the consequences of our actions.

We act with a sense of ownership in our workplace.

We encourage an environment of risk taking within the context of accountability.

We solve the problems in our area of responsibility and drive continuous improvement of our work.

We do what we say we will do.

We communicate openly as positive team members to increase the performance of our teams.

We recognize the impact that our own actions have in all outcomes.

We recognize individual and team accomplishments and successes.

Source: Alcoa.com

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Baptist Healthcare's Mission Statement

2005-11-03T21:38:00.000-08:00

Our Mission

The mission of Baptist Health Care is to provide superior service based on Christian values to improve the quality of life for people and communities served.

Our Values

Integrity
Maintaining the highest standards of behavior. Encompasses honesty, ethics, and doing the right things for the right reasons.

Vision
The ability and willingness to look forward to the future and make decisions necessary to accomplish important goals.

Innovation
Capable of extraordinary creativity and willing to explore new approaches to improving quality of life for all persons.

Superior Service
Committed to providing excellent service and compassionate care.

Stewardship
Dedicated to responsible stewardship of Baptist Health Care's assets and financial resources, and to community service.

Teamwork
An Abiding respect for others, and a sustaining commitment to work together.

Our Vision

The vision of Baptist Health Care is to be the best health system in America.

Source: BaptistHealthcare.com

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Boar's Head's Mission Statement

2005-11-03T21:25:00.000-08:00

Mission

Our mission is to continueto be recognized as theleading provider ofexceptional customerservice and superior qualitydelicatessen products.

Commitment

We will continuouslyimprove our time honoredtraditional processesthrough the involvement ofour dedicated employees.

Source: BoarsHead.com

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Anheuser-Busch's (BUD) Mission Statement

2005-11-02T21:08:00.000-08:00

Our vision:

Through all of our products, services and relationships, we will add to life's enjoyment.

Our mission:

Be the world's beer company

Enrich and entertain a global audience

Deliver superior returns to our shareholders

Our values:

Quality in everything we do

Exceeding customer expectations

Trust, respect and integrity in all of our relationships

Continuous improvement, innovation and embracing change

Teamwork and open, honest communication

Each employee's responsibility for contributing to the company's success

Creating a safe, productive and rewarding work environment

Building a high-performing, diverse workforce

Promoting the responsible consumption of our products

Preserving and protecting the environment and supporting communities where we do business

Source: Anheuser-Busch.com

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Hobby Lobby's Mission Statement

2005-11-02T20:56:00.000-08:00

Statement of Purpose

In order to effectively serve our owners, employees, and customers the Board of Directors is committed to:

Honoring the Lord in all we do by operating the company in a manner consistent with Biblical principles.

Offering our customers an exceptional selection and unbeatable value.

Serving our employees and their families by establishing a work environment and company policies that build character, strengthen individuals, and nurture families.

Providing a return on the owners' investment, sharing the Lord's blessings with our employees, and investing in our community.

We believe that it is by God's grace and provision that Hobby Lobby has endured. He has been faithful in the past, we trust Him for our future.

Source: HobbyLobby.com

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Bimbo Bakeries' Mission Statement

2005-11-02T14:27:00.000-08:00

Bimbo Bakeries makes my family's favorite brand of bread: Oroweat.

Mission

To produce and market food products by developing the value of our brands. We have committed ourselves to be:

Highly productive and people-oriented.

Innovative, competitive and dedicated to satisfying our customers and consumers.

An international leader in the baking industry, with a long-term vision.

Vision 2010

We are:

The world leader in the baking industry and one of the best companies in the international food industry.

A company with trustworthy, leading brands for our consumers.

Our customers' preferred supplier.

A strong and sound company for our stakeholders.

A forward-looking company.

An extraordinary place to work in.

Source: BimboBakeries.com

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Tractor Supply's (TSCO) Mission Statement

2005-10-31T12:58:00.000-08:00

Tractor Supply Co.'s Mission

To work hard, have fun and make money by providing legendary service and great products at everyday low prices.

Our Business:

We are committed to be the most dependable supplier of basic maintenance products to farm, ranch and rural customers.

Our People:

We value honesty, integrity, mutual respect
and teamwork above all else.
We are an open company where everyone has the information
and tools to grow and excel.
We encourage risk taking, celebrate initiative and reward success.

Our Stakeholders:

We are a growth company.
We consistently grow sales and profits by continuous
improvement throughout the company.

Tractor Supply Co.'s Values

Ethics

Do the "right thing" and always encourage others to do the right, honest and ethical things.

Respect

Treat others with the same personal and professional consideration we expect for ourselves.

Balance

Manage your time for both business and personal success.

Winning Attitude

Have a "can-do" attitude. Be positive, upbeat, and focused.
We are winners!

Communication

Share information, ask questions,
listen effectively, speak thoughtfully,
and let ideas live.

Development

Learn from each other. Teach, coach, and listen.
Create an environment where everyone can be a "star".

Teamwork

Value different viewpoints. Execute the agreed-upon plans.
Together, everyone achieves more!

Change

Accept it. Embrace it. Initiate it.
Do everything better, faster, and cheaper.

Initiative

Seek opportunities. Use good judgement.
Take intelligent risks. Champion ideas.

Accountability

Know your responsibilities. Live up to your commitments.

Source: TractorSupply.com

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General Mills' (GIS) Mission Statement

2005-10-31T12:02:00.000-08:00

General Mills uses a values statement rather than a mission statement.

Our Values

We reinforce our values everyday through our people, our brands, our innovation and our performance.

Championship Brands ... building leading brands that our consumers trust around the world – making lives easier, healthier and more fun.

Championship People ... diverse, talented, committed people – constantly learning and growing and contributing to our communities.

Championship Innovation ... developing and implementing innovative ideas to build our brands and drive our business.

Championship Performance ... delivering outstanding performance for our investors, our customers, our consumers and ourselves.

Source: GeneralMills.com

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Hershey Company's (HSY) Mission Statement

2005-10-30T14:14:00.000-08:00

Mission

Last Updated: Jun. 20, 2005

Undisputed Marketplace Leadership

Top-tier value creation, driven by superior performance across the business system

Organizational capabilities and passion that compete in the present and build for the future

Commitment to enabling and encouraging balanced, healthy lives

Portfolio of brands that
- Delights consumer across multiple segments
- Delivers superior growth and profitability to retailers
- Is available everywhere

Ability to transform consumer and customer desires to marketplace wins

Company Philosophy

In seeking to balance our desire for profitable growth with the obligations which we have to various other constituencies, we shall strive to:

1. Protect and enhance the corporation's high level of ethics and conduct.
2. Maintain a strong "people" orientation and demonstrate care for every employee.
3. Attract and hold customers and consumers with products and services of consistently superior quality and value.
4. Sustain a strong results orientation coupled with a prudent approach to business.

Source: Hershey.com

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American Greetings' Mission Statement

2005-10-30T13:56:00.000-08:00

Our mission

We create:

Innovative products and services to meet our consumers' needs to connect, express and celebrate

Superior value for our retail partners, customers and shareholders

An environment for our associates to excel

Collaborative and reliable relationships with suppliers

A responsible community presence through leadership and stability

Source: AmericanGreetings.com

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American Express' (AXP) Mission Statement

2005-10-26T22:03:00.000-07:00

American Express uses a values statement rather than a mission statement.

Our Values

Since its founding in 1850, American Express has conducted business according to several guiding principles that over the years have become inextricably linked with the company’s brand, products, services and – perhaps most notably – its people. Generations before the phrase “company values” entered the corporate lexicon, American Express employees across the organization were demonstrating the same core principles upheld by the company today:

Customer Commitment

We develop relationships that make a positive difference in our customers’ lives.

Quality

We provide outstanding products and unsurpassed service that, together, deliver premium value to our customers.

Integrity

We uphold the highest standards of integrity in all of our actions.

Teamwork

We work together, across boundaries, to meet the needs of our customers and to help the company win.

Respect for People

We value our people, encourage their development and reward their performance.

Good Citizenship

We are good citizens in the communities in which we live and work.

A Will to Win

We exhibit a strong will to win in the marketplace and in every aspect of our business.

Personal Accountability

We are personally accountable for delivering on our commitments.

Source: AmericanExpress.com

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Liberty Tax Service's Mission Statement

2005-10-24T14:32:00.000-07:00

Mission Statement

Set the standard, improve each day and have some fun!

Principles

Create raving fans!

Be honest, show respect and have integrity

Monitor results not activities

Mistakes are a wise persons' education

Challenge ourselves, challenge each other, break boundaries

Give loyalty - Get loyalty

Communication, Communication, Communication

Attitude is a matter of choice - you make the right choice.

Enjoy the journey - do it with pride!

Contribute to the Team

Source: LibertyTax.com

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H & R Block's (HRB) Mission Statement

2005-10-24T14:10:00.000-07:00

H&R Block's Mission Statement:

To help our clients achieve their financial objectives by serving as their tax and financial partner.

H&R Block's Values:

Client Focused. We are passionate about helping clients. Their success is a key measure of our success.

Integrity. We are honest and ethical in everything we do.

Excellence. We take pride in doing our best in everything we do. We embrace change to learn and grow. Integrity. We are honest and ethical in everything we do.

Respect. We treat each other with respect and dignity, recognizing that innovation springs from unique perspectives.

Teamwork. Everyone's collaboration and full participation make us stronger and allow us to serve clients better.

Source: H&RBlock.com

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Man on a Mission Update

2005-10-06T21:57:00.000-07:00

I'm sorry for the lack of additions lately. I have reached the point where new mission statements are hard to find. I have also had to evacuate due to Rita and have been busy with my main blog, AllThingsFinancial. I hope to get back to blogging about mission statements soon.

If you know of any mission statements (or vision/values statements) that I should add to this blog, please email them to me. Please refrain from sending advertisements.

Thanks,

JLP

Boeing's (BA) Mission Statement

2005-08-31T09:42:00.000-07:00

Values

Leadership

We will be a world-class leader in every aspect of our business — in
developing our team leadership skills at every level; in our
management performance; in the way we design, build and support
our products; and in our financial results.

Integrity

We will always take the high road by practicing the highest ethical
standards and by honoring our commitments. We will take personal
responsibility for our actions and treat everyone fairly and with trust
and respect.

Quality

We will strive for continuous quality improvement in all that we do,
so that we will rank among the world’s premier industrial firms in
customer, employee and community satisfaction.

Customer satisfaction

Satisfied customers are essential to our success. We will achieve total
customer satisfaction by understanding what the customer wants and
delivering it flawlessly.

People working together

We recognize that our strength and our competitive advantage is —
and always will be — people. We will continually learn, and share
ideas and knowledge. We will encourage cooperative efforts at every
level and across all activities in our company.

A diverse and involved team

We value the skills, strengths and perspectives of our diverse team.
We will foster a participatory workplace that enables people to get
involved in making decisions about their work that advance our
common business objectives.

Good corporate citizenship

We will provide a safe workplace and protect the environment. We
will promote the health and well-being of Boeing people and their
families. We will work with our communities by volunteering and
financially supporting education and other worthy causes.

Enhancing shareholder value

Our business must produce a profit, and we must generate superior
returns on the assets entrusted to us by our shareholders. We will
ensure our success by satisfying our customers and increasing
shareholder value.

Core competencies

Detailed customer knowledge and focus
We will seek to understand, anticipate and be responsive to our
customers’ needs.

Large-scale systems integration
We will continuously develop, advance and protect the technical
excellence that allows us to integrate effectively the systems we
design and produce.

Lean enterprise
Our entire enterprise will be a lean operation, characterized by
the efficient use of assets, high inventory turns, excellent supplier
management, short cycle times, high quality and low transaction
costs.

Strategies

Run healthy core businesses

Leverage strengths into new products and services

Open new frontiers

People working together as a global
enterprise for aerospace leadership

Source: Boeing.com

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Wild Oat's Mission Statement

2005-08-21T19:40:00.000-07:00

wild oats mission

Our Mission

Wild Oats was founded on the vision of enhancing the lives of our customers and our people with products and education that support health and wellbeing.

Wild Oats is committed to providing the highest quality, organic and natural food, health and wellness products in vibrant stores with people who are friendly, eager to serve and ready to educate.

At Wild Oats, we sell food that remembers its roots.™

Source: WildOats.com

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comScore's Mission Statement

2005-08-16T05:09:00.000-07:00

comScore Mission

comScore’s mission is to leverage the power of the Internet to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of our clients’ sales and marketing efforts. We help our clients generate superior ROI by providing knowledge of customers, competitors and markets that aids in the design and execution of more powerful sales and marketing strategies.

We accomplish this by fundamentally providing unparalleled insight into consumer behavior, based on a continuously captured view of a representative cross-section of more than 2 million global Internet users – the largest consumer panel of its kind. comScore also provides the depth and breadth of information that professionals across a broad range of industries need to make smarter, faster, more effective business decisions. And, as the Internet becomes increasingly ubiquitous throughout consumers’ lives, the 360-degree view of online consumer behavior supplied by comScore data provides a uniquely accurate and reliable mirror of total consumer behavior -- both online and offline.

We fulfill clients’ core intelligence needs by providing the granular information required for effective market and competitive intelligence, media planning, segmentation analysis, market testing, and analysis of trading decisions. comScore’s databases also become an integral part of our clients’ ongoing marketing operations by delivering information that fuels a variety of marketing applications including customer relationship and campaign management systems, personalization engines, ad servers, and commerce engines.

Source: comScore.com

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Whole Foods Market's (WFMI) Mission Statement

2005-08-08T22:11:00.000-07:00

This is one of the more unique "mission statements" I have run across. I have yet to visit a Whole Foods Market, but reading this makes me want to give them a try. Maybe other grocery chains should pay attention.

Declaration of Interdependence

Whole Foods Market is a dynamic leader in the quality food business. We are a mission-driven company that aims to set the standards of excellence for food retailers. We are building a business in which high standards permeate all aspects of our company. Quality is a state of mind at Whole Foods Market.

Our motto — Whole Foods, Whole People, Whole Planet — emphasizes that our vision reaches far beyond just being a food retailer. Our success in fulfilling our vision is measured by customer satisfaction, Team Member excellence and happiness, return on capital investment, improvement in the state of the environment, and local and larger community support.

Our ability to instill a clear sense of interdependence among our various stakeholders (the people who are interested and benefit from the success of our company) is contingent upon our efforts to communicate more often, more openly, and more compassionately. Better communication equals better understanding and more trust.

We Sell the Highest Quality Natural and Organic Products Available

We appreciate and celebrate that great food and cooking improves the lives of all of our stakeholders. Breaking bread with others, eating healthfully and eating well-these are some of the great joys of our lives.

Our goal is to sell the highest quality products that also offer high value for our customers. High value is a product of high quality at a competitive price. Our product quality goals focus on ingredients, freshness, taste, nutritive value, safety and/or appearance. While we have very high standards for product quality, we believe that it is important to be inclusive and open minded, and not overly restrictive or dogmatic.

We Satisfy and Delight Our Customers

Our customers are the most important stakeholder in our business. Therefore, we go to extraordinary lengths to satisfy and delight our customers. We want to meet or exceed their expectations on every shopping trip. We know that by doing so we turn customers into advocates for whole foods. We guarantee our customers 100% product satisfaction or their money will be refunded.

Outstanding customer service is a result of both our Team Members skill and enthusiasm in serving our customers and their in-depth knowledge and excitement about the products we sell. We nurture a quality business relationship with our customers by daily demonstrating our customer service beliefs:

Customers are the lifeblood of our business and we are interdependent on each other.

Customers are the primary motivation for our work — they are not an interruption of our work.

Customers are people who bring us their wants and desires and our primary objective is to satisfy them as best we can-they are not people to argue or match wits with.

Customers are fellow human beings with feelings and emotions like our own; they are equals to be treated with courtesy and respect at all times.

We continually experiment and innovate in order to raise our retail standards. We create store environments that are inviting, fun, unique, informal, comfortable, attractive, nurturing and educational. We want our stores to become community meeting places where our customers come to join their friends and to make new ones. Our stores are "inclusive." Everyone is welcome, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, age, beliefs, or personal appearance. We value diversity—whole foods are for everyone.

We Support Team Member Excellence and Happiness

Our success is also dependent upon the collective energy and intelligence of all our Team Members. In addition to receiving fair wages and benefits, belief in the value of our work and finding fulfillment from our jobs is a key reason we are part of Whole Foods Market. Therefore, we design and promote safe work environments where motivated Team Members can flourish and reach their highest potential. And no matter how long a person has worked or plans to work with us, each and every Team Member is a valued contributor.

There are many Team Members in our company who "work behind the scenes" to produce product, distribute product and generally support our retail Team Members and customers. Although they are not as visible as our retail Team Members, they are integral to the success of our business.

Achieving unity of vision about the future of our company, and building trust between Team Members is a goal of Whole Foods Market. At the same time diversity and individual differences are recognized and honored. We aim to cultivate a strong sense of community and dedication to the company. We also realize how important leisure time, family, and community involvement outside of work is for a rich, meaningful and balanced life. We must remember that we are not "Whole Life Market."

We strive to build positive and healthy relationships among Team Members. "Us versus them" thinking has no place in our company. We believe that the best way to do this is to encourage participation and involvement at all levels of our business. Some of the ways we do this are:

Self directed Teams that meet regularly to discuss issues, solve problems and appreciate each other's contributions.

Increased communication through Team Member Forums and Advisory Groups, and open book, open door, and open people practices.

Labor gainsharing and other Team Member incentive programs.

Team Member Stock Options and Stock Purchase Plan.

Commitment to make our jobs more fun by combining work and play and through friendly competition to improve our stores.

Continuous learning opportunities about company values, food, nutrition and job skills.

Equal opportunity for employment, with promotion mostly from within the company.

We Create Wealth Through Profits and Growth

We earn profits every day through voluntary exchange with our customers. We know that profits are essential to create capital for growth, job security and overall financial success. Profits are the "savings" every business needs in order to change and evolve to meet the future. They are the "seed corn" for next year's crop. We are the stewards of our shareholder's investments and we are committed to increasing long term shareholder value.

As a publicly traded company, Whole Foods Market intends to grow. We will grow at such a pace that our quality of work environment, Team Member productivity and excellence, customer satisfaction, and financial health continue to prosper.

There is a community of self interest among all of our stakeholders. We share together in our collective vision for the company. To that end we have a salary cap that limits the maximum cash compensation (wages plus profit incentive bonuses) paid to any Team Member in the calendar year to 14 times the company-wide annual average salary of all full-time Team Members.

We Support Our Communities and Encourage Local Involvement

Our business is intimately tied to the neighborhood and larger community that we serve and in which we live. The unique character of our stores is a direct reflection of the customers who shop with us. Without their support, both financial and philosophical, Whole Foods Market would not be in business. Our interdependence at times goes beyond our mutual interest in quality food, and where appropriate, we will respond.

We donate 5% of our after-tax profits to not-for-profit organizations.

We have a program that financially supports Team Members for doing voluntary community service.

We Promote Environmental Stewardship

We see the necessity of active environmental stewardship so that the earth continues to flourish for generations to come. We seek to balance our needs with the needs of the rest of the planet through the following actions:

Supporting sustainable agriculture. We are committed to greater production of organically and biodynamically grown foods in order to reduce pesticide use and promote soil conservation.

Reducing waste and consumption of non-renewable resources. We promote and participate in recycling programs in our communities. We are committed to re-usable packaging, reduced packaging, and water and energy conservation.

Encouraging environmentally sound cleaning and store maintenance programs.

Our Business Associates

We are not a fully self-sustaining ecosystem. There are hundreds of other businesses that we depend on to assist us in creating an outstanding retail shopping experience for our customers. We view our trade partners as allies in serving our stakeholders. We treat them with respect, fairness and integrity, and expect the same in return.

Balance and Integration

Satisfying all of our stakeholders and achieving our standards is our goal. One of the most important responsibilities of Whole Foods Market's leadership is to make sure the interests, desires and needs of our various stakeholders are kept in balance. We recognize that this is a dynamic process. It requires participation and communication by all of our stakeholders. It requires listening compassionately, thinking carefully and acting with integrity. Any conflicts must be mediated and win-win solutions found. Creating and nurturing this community of stakeholders is critical to the long-term success of our company.

Final Thoughts

Our Vision Statement reflects the hopes and intentions of many people. We do not believe it always accurately portrays the way things currently are at Whole Foods Market so much as the way we would like things to be. It is our dissatisfaction with the current reality, when compared with what is possible, that spurs us toward excellence and toward creating a better person, company, and world. When Whole Foods Market fails to measure up to its stated Vision, as it inevitably will at times, we should not despair. Rather let us take up the challenge together to bring our reality closer to our vision. The future we will experience tomorrow is created one step at a time today.

The Declaration of Interdependence was created originally in 1985 by 60 Team Members who volunteered their time. It has been updated in 1988, 1992 and 1997.

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Core Values

The following list of core values reflects what is truly important to us as an organization. These are not values that change from time to time, situation to situation or person to person, but rather they are the underpinning of our company culture. Many people feel Whole Foods is an exciting company of which to be a part and a very special place to work. These core values are the primary reasons for this feeling, and they transcend our size and our growth rate. By maintaining these core values, regardless of how large a company Whole Foods becomes, we can preserve what has always been special about our company. These core values are the soul of our company.

Selling the Highest Quality Natural and Organic Products Available

Passion For Food

We appreciate and celebrate the difference natural and organic products can make in the quality of one's life.

Quality Standards

We have high standards and our goal is to sell the highest quality products we possibly can. We define quality by evaluating the ingredients, freshness, safety, taste, nutritive value and appearance of all of the products we carry. We are buying agents for our customers and not the selling agents for the manufacturers.

Satisfying and Delighting Our Customers

Our Customers

They are our most important stakeholders in our business and the lifeblood of our business. Only by satisfying our customers first do we have the opportunity to satisfy the needs of our other stakeholders.

Extraordinary Customer Service

We go to extraordinary lengths to satisfy and delight our customers. We want to meet or exceed their expectations on every shopping trip. We know that by doing so we turn customers into advocates for our business. Advocates do more than shop with us, they talk about Whole Foods to their friends and others. We want to serve our customers competently, efficiently, knowledgeably and with flair.

Education

We can generate greater appreciation and loyalty from all of our stakeholders by educating them about natural and organic foods, health, nutrition and the environment.

Meaningful Value

We offer value to our customers by providing them with high quality products, extraordinary service and a competitive price. We are constantly challenged to improve the value proposition to our customers.

Retail Innovation

We value retail experiments. Friendly competition within the company helps us to continually improve our stores. We constantly innovate and raise our retail standards and are not afraid to try new ideas and concepts.

Inviting Store Environments

We create store environments that are inviting and fun, and reflect the communities they serve. We want our stores to become community meeting places where our customers meet their friends and make new ones.

Team Member Happiness and Excellence

Empowering Work Environments

Our success is dependent upon the collective energy and intelligence of our all of our Team Members. We strive to create a work environment where motivated Team Members can flourish and succeed to their highest potential. We appreciate effort and reward results.

Self-Responsibility

We take responsibility for our own success and failures. We celebrate success and see failures as opportunities for growth. We recognize that we are responsible for our own happiness and success.

Self-Directed Teams

The fundamental work unit of the company is the self- directed Team. Teams meet regularly to discuss issues, solve problems and appreciate each others' contributions. Every Team Member belongs to a Team.

Open & Timely Information

We believe knowledge is power and we support our Team Members' right to access information that impacts their jobs. Our books are open to our Team Members, including our annual individual compensation report. We also recognize everyone's right to be listened to and heard regardless of their point of view.

Incremental Progress

Our company continually improves through unleashing the collective creativity and intelligence of all of our Team Members. We recognize that everyone has a contribution to make. We keep getting better at what we do.

Shared Fate

We recognize there is a community of interest among all of our stakeholders. There are no entitlements; we share together in our collective fate. To that end we have a salary cap that limits the compensation (wages plus profit incentive bonuses) of any Team Member to fourteen times the average total compensation of all full-time Team Members in the company.

Creating Wealth Through Profits & Growth

Stewardship

We are stewards of our shareholders' investments and we take that responsibility very seriously. We are committed to increasing long term shareholder value.

Profits

We earn our profits everyday through voluntary exchange with our customers. We recognize that profits are essential to creating capital for growth, prosperity, opportunity, job satisfaction and job security.

Caring About Our Communities & Our Environment

Sustainable Agriculture

We support organic farmers, growers and the environment through our commitment to sustainable agriculture and by expanding the market for organic products.

Wise Environmental Practices

We respect our environment and recycle, reuse, and reduce our waste wherever and whenever we can.

Community Citizenship

We recognize our responsibility to be active participants in our local communities. We give a minimum of 5% of our profits every year to a wide variety of community and non-profit organizations. In addition, we pay our Team Members to give of their time to community and service organizations.

Integrity In All Business Dealings

Our trade partners are our allies in serving our stakeholders. We treat them with respect, fairness and integrity at all times and expect the same in return.

Source: WholeFoods.com

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Rohm & Haas' (ROH) Mission Statement

2005-08-07T20:10:00.000-07:00

Vision

We are a premier specialty materials company with an excellent reputation among our customers, our suppliers and our communities.

We are a responsible company that operates at the highest levels of integrity and ethics. The people who work for us are among the most qualified and loyal in the industry.

We measure our progress by how well we perform in the eyes of five key stakeholder groups, each of whom have a strong voice in determining our success - the customer, the employee, the owner, the community, and the process.

Source: RohmHaas.com

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Wyeth's (WYE) Mission Statement

2005-08-07T15:30:00.000-07:00

Mission

We bring to the world pharmaceutical and health care products that improve lives and deliver outstanding value to our customers and shareholders.

Vision

Our vision is to lead the way to a healthier world. By carrying out this vision at every level of our organization, we will be recognized by our employees, customers and shareholders as the best pharmaceutical company in the world, resulting in value for all.

We will achieve this by being accountable for:

Leading the world in innovation through pharmaceutical, biotech and vaccine technologies

Making trust, quality, integrity and excellence hallmarks of the way we do business

Attracting, developing and motivating our people

Continually growing and improving our business

Demonstrating efficiency in how we use resources and make decisions

Values

Quality

We are committed to excellence — in the results we achieve and in how we achieve them:

Do our jobs right every time

Focus on what’s important

Raise the bar and deliver continuous process improvement

Innovate and execute flawlessly

Integrity

We do what is right for our customers, our communities, our shareholders, and ourselves:

Operate ethically

Take responsibility for our actions

Follow through on commitments

Communicate in an honest and authentic manner

Respect confidentiality

Respect for People

We promote a diverse culture and commitment to mutually respect our employees, our customers and our communities:

Treat others with dignity and respect

Embrace and encourage new ideas

Cultivate individual talents

Celebrate achievments

Foster an environment of trust

Encourage open and honest dialogue

Embrace diversity to drive business results

Leadership

We value people at every level who lead by example, take pride in what they do, and inspire others:

Model our Values

Perform our jobs with passion and conviction

Bring out the best in people

Anticipate, plan and embrace change

Demonstrate personal initiative

Promote innovative thinking

Develop talent

Make the most of our resources

Improve processes to drive cost efficiencies

Take personal ownership for results

Collaboration — “Teamwork”

We value teamwork — working together to achieve common goals is the foundation of our success:

Be flexible and responsive

Think and work across boundaries

Share knowledge and information freely

Seek input and listen

Take personal ownership for collaborating with others

Source: Wyeth.com

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Xlinx's (XLNX) Mission Statement

2005-08-07T14:13:00.000-07:00

This is Xlinx's CREATIVE Values. Notice how "creative" they are with the letter "v."

Employees drive the success of Xilinx by consistently putting into action the company’s values: customer focus, respect, excellence, accountability, teamwork, integrity, very open communication, and enjoying work.

In addition, Xilinx strives to create an environment that fosters innovation at all levels of the company, from its engineering labs to the shipping dock.

Customer Focused

We exist only because our customers are satisfied and want to do business with us . . . and we never forget it!

Respect

We value all people, treating them with dignity at all times.

Excellence

We strive for "Best in Class" in everything we do.

Accountability

We do what we say we will do and expect the same from others.

Teamwork

We believe that cooperative action produces superior results.

Integrity

We are honest with ourselves, each other, our customers, our partners and our shareholders.

"Very" Open Communication

We share information, ask for feedback, acknowledge good work, and encourage diverse ideas.

Enjoying Our Work

We work hard, are rewarded for it, and maintain a good sense of perspective, humor and enthusiasm.

Source: Xlinx.com

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Xerox's (XRX) Mission Statement

2005-08-07T13:29:00.000-07:00

Xerox Mission Statement

Our strategic intent is to help people find better ways to do great work -- by constantly leading in document technologies, products and services that improve our customers' work processes and business results.

Xerox Values

Since our inception, we have operated under the guidance of six core values:

We succeed through satisfied customers.

We deliver quality and excellence in all we do.

We require premium return on assets.

We use technology to develop market leadership.

We value our employees.

We behave responsibly as a corporate citizen.

Source: Xerox.com

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Meredith Corporation's (MDP) Mission Statement

2005-08-07T12:56:00.000-07:00

Edwin Thomas Meredith founded the company in 1902 when he began publishing Successful Farming magazine. Since then, the company has grown to employ more than 3,300 people throughout the country, with corporate headquarters located in Des Moines, Iowa.

Mission Statement

We are Meredith Corporation, a publicly held media and marketing company founded upon service to our customers and committed to building value for our shareholders. Our cornerstone is knowledge of the home and family market. From that, we have built businesses that serve well-defined readers and viewers, deliver the messages of advertisers, and extend our brand franchises and expertise to related markets. Our products and services distinguish themselves on the basis of quality, customer service, and value that can be trusted.

Principles

Our primary focus is success over the long term.

Our stockholders, who have demonstrated faith in our company, deserve a superior return on their investments through market appreciation and dividends.

Our loyal customers are the company’s lifeblood. We are dedicated to building enduring relationships with them and to understanding and meeting their needs with high-quality, high-value products, and with service beyond their expectations.

Our employees are the company’s most important resource. We expect integrity, creativity, courage, initiative, teamwork, respect and individual judgment. We favor an entrepreneurial style. We value and reward excellent achievement.

We believe good citizenship requires concern for the communities in which we operate. We encourage corporate and employee participation.

We treasure the good reputation of our company, its products, its services, and its people. Our reputation matters to us in everything we do.

Strategies

As we build our businesses for the future, the company is focused on three key strategies:

We will further develop our fundamental commitment to publishing - the essential element of our home-and-family focus.

We will further develop our fundamental commitment to broadcasting - an essential element of our growth strategy.

We will produce additional revenues and profit by integrating and leveraging the assets of our core businesses across multiple platforms.

Source: Meredith.com

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Qwest Communications' (Q) Mission Statement

2005-08-03T20:38:00.000-07:00

Qwest Vision

Qwest is the premier provider of full-service communications for people at work, at home or on the move. Qwest’s competency reaches across America, drawing on the Spirit of Service at the heart of our heritage as we effectively steward our shareowners’ investments and provide outstanding service to the customers we serve. As our dedicated professionals move and manage information, we do so ethically and with integrity, providing superior value and advanced products and services, assuming only those tasks we can do exceedingly well.

Qwest Values And Ethics

The following values guide our decisions, both corporate and individual, as we transform Qwest into a premier telecommunications provider that delivers exceptional service to customers, creates pride among our employees, delivers value to our shareowners and earns high regard from all our many constituents.

Customers Come First

No matter what aspects of our business may change, this remains constant. We demonstrate the value we place on our relationships with customers by listening to their needs, considering their requests as opportunities and striving to deliver precisely what they want and need. We measure our success against customer expectations and define that success as our ability to win our customers ’ loyalty and their business.

Our Team Is United

We succeed as a team, challenging and helping one another to develop our skills, to excel at achieving our objectives and to realize our highest potential. We value diversity and treat fellow Qwest team members with respect and trust. We welcome change and growth, expeditiously improving our processes and focusing on results as we practice impeccable integrity, maintain the highest ethical standards and strive for unparalleled quality.

We Will Grow Profitably

Qwest is committed to financial excellence, which we achieve through the pursuit of profitability and sustained growth. We focus our energy and intellect on wisely stewarding our resources, enhancing our productivity and effectively meeting customer needs. By doing so, we achieve the outstanding financial performance that rewards our employees, our communities and our shareowners.

Source: Qwest.com

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Snap-On's (SNA) Mission Statement

2005-08-03T20:21:00.000-07:00

Mission Statement:

Snap-on's mission is to delight our customers - professional tool and equipment users worldwide - by creating innovative, productivity-enhancing products, services and solutions.

Source: Snap-on.com

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Supervalu's (SVU) Mission Statement

2005-08-03T20:12:00.000-07:00

Mission Statement

Our mission at SUPERVALU always will be to serve our customers better than anyone else could serve them. We will provide our customers with value through our products and services, committing ourselves to providing the quality, variety and convenience they expect.

Our success requires us to trust in our employees, respect their individual contributions and make a commitment to their continued development. This environment will allow us to attract the best people and provide opportunities through which they can achieve personal and professional satisfaction.

Our commitment is to support the communities in which our employees and customers live and work. We will use our time and resources to preserve our role as a partner, neighbor and friend.

Our responsibility to our investors is clear - continuous profit growth while ensuring our future success. SUPERVALU will prosper through a balance of innovation and good business decisions that enhances our operations and creates superior value for our customers.

By pursuing these goals, SUPERVALU will continue to build on our foundation as a world-class retailer and distributor that values long-standing ties with its constituents, and conducts its business with integrity and ethics. We will continue to foster strong relationships with the diverse people and organizations with whom we work. Through open communication with our customers, employees, communities and shareholders, we will adapt to changing times while holding true to the fundamentals that support both our growth and stability.

We shall pursue our mission with a passion for what we do and a focus on priorities that will truly make a difference in our future.

Source: SuperValu.com

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Tenet Healthcare's (TCH) Mission Statement

2005-08-02T15:11:00.000-07:00

Our Mission

Tenet's name and logo reflect its core business philosophy - the importance of shared values between partners in providing a full spectrum of quality, cost-efficient health care.

Our Vision

Tenet will distinguish itself as a leader in redefining health care delivery and will be recognized for the passion of its people and partners in providing quality, innovative care to the patients it serves in each community.

Source: TenetHealthcare.com

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Sysco's (SYY) Mission Statement

2005-08-02T09:51:00.000-07:00

SYSCO's Mission - Helping Our Customers Succeed

It's the foundation of the decisions and actions taken by our employees on a daily basis.

Attention to detail, going the extra mile and simply being available for any need enhances the level of service each customer receives, and ultimately benefits customers in their daily endeavors to satisfy their patrons.

We are committed to our customers' success and to helping them achieve their goals. Maintaining outstanding service has become even more important as consumers embrace quality dining experiences as they enjoy meals away from home. Our responsibility is not taken lightly - our customers' success is vital to our success.

Source: Sysco.com

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Sanborn & Associates' Mission Statement

2005-08-01T21:09:00.000-07:00

Sanborn & Associates is a consulting firm run by Mark Sanborn, author of The Fred Factor. Their mission is simple:

to make a difference to the difference makers

His company has the following values:

Values

1. Godliness: We honor God in all we do.

2. Excellence: We hold ourselves to the highest standards and create a superior experience for our clients.

3. Integrity: Integrity and reputation are our most important asset. Doing the right thing is more important than doing the profitable thing.

4. Relationships: The quality of our business is determined by the quality of our relationships.

5. Life-giving: We deliver presentations, products and services that are life-giving.

6. Value: Our presentations and products are of the highest quality and we will seek to profitably add value at every opportunity.

7. Focus: We know and focus on our mvp (most valuable and profitable) activities.

8. Strategic Orientation: We make decisions based on our mission, values and goals to best utilize our time, energy and expertise.

9. Innovation: We are innovative, not just emulative and known for our leading edge products and practices.

10. Fun: We remember to enjoy the journey. We take what we do very seriously, but we don't take ourselves too seriously. (If we're not having fun, we're not doing it right.)

Source: MarkSanborn.com

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Five Questions to Ask When Writing Your Personal Mission Statement

2005-07-29T10:37:00.000-07:00

In his book, The Purpose Driven Life, Rick Warren lists life's five greatest questions that need to be answered when writing your personal mission statement. Here are the questions:

1. What will be the center of my life? What's most important to you?

2. What will be the character of my life? What kind of person will you be?

3. What will be the contribution of my life? When you are gone, what will you be remembered for?

4. What will be the communication of my life?

5. What will be the community of my life? What people are most important to you?

Very thought-provoking questions.

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Union Pacific's (UNP) Mission Statement

2005-07-28T10:12:00.000-07:00

Union Pacific is committed to be a railroad where
our customers want to do business,
our employees are proud to work,
shareholder value is created and
the safety of the public and our employees is our top priority.

Source: UPRR.com

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Visteon's (VC) Mission Statement

2005-07-28T09:52:00.000-07:00

Mission Statement

To increase shareholder value by delivering systems solutions that help our customers exceed their goals, are safe and environmentally responsible, and
distinguish Visteon as the supplier, employer and community citizen of choice.

Source: Visteon.com

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Characteristics of Empowering Mission Statements

2005-07-27T13:10:00.000-07:00

I saw this in Stephen Covey's First Things First and thought I'd share it.

According to his book, an empowering mission statement:

1. represents the deepest and best within you. It comes out of a solid connection with your deep inner life.

2. is the fulfillment of your own uniqure gifts. It's the expression of your unique capacity to contribute.

3. is transcendent. It's based on principles of contribution and purpose higher than self.

4. addresses and integrates all four fundamental human needs and capacities (to live, to love, to learn, to leave a legacy). It includes fulfillment in physical, social, mental, and spiritual dimensions.

5. is based on principles that produce quality-of-life results. both the ends and the means are based on true north principles.

6. deals with both vision and principle-based values. It's not enough to have values without vision - you want to be good, but you want to be good for something. On the ohter hand, vision without values can create a Hitler. An empowering mission statement deals with both character and competence; what you want to be and what you want to do in your life.

7. deals with all the significant roles in your life. It represents a lifetime balance of personal, family, work, community - whaterver roles you feel are your to fill.

8. is written to inspire you - not to impress anyone else. It communicates to you and inspires you on the most essential level.

FranklinCovey.com

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A Mission Statement That Works

2005-07-27T10:24:00.000-07:00

As this blog has become more popular, I have noticed a lot of people saying that mission statements are boring and useless. I disagree. Yes, if a company develops a mission statement but fails to use it to empower their employees, then it is a waste of time. I guarantee you that the employees of Kroger do not know their company's mission statement. I can also guarantee you that the employees of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel live their company's mission statement. What's the difference between the two?

For starters, the Kroger mission statement is dry and not at all empowering. It sounds as though it was written by their CEO (the CEO's name is at the bottom of the statement) one day and then handed out to everyone as "their" mission without any input from the employees.

Now compare that with the Ritz-Carlton's mission statement. It is definitely empowering. I was thinking while I was reading it that I wouldn't mind working there. Somehow, I get the feeling that ALL their employees have read, understand, and are living the mission.

The point of all this is: in order to have a successful mission statement, each employee must have ownership of the mission. They must know why they do what they do. If I were Kroger, I would tell each store manager to have each department come up with their own mission statement. Then, I would have an employee meeting to draft up each store's mission statement. Finally, I would then hold each and every employee responsible for fulfilling the mission.

One last point: If you say that the customer comes first, but then list it third in your order of priorities, does the customer REALLY come first?

Blogger Mission Statements - No. 3

2005-07-25T16:23:00.000-07:00

Kyle at the Not So Silent Majority blog has this mission:

Up to this point, the blogosphere has been dominated primarily by older conservatives—and that’s fine. These pioneers have revolutionized the media and put the left-slanted, old media networks into a tailspin. Now is the time to bring this revolution to the up-and-coming generation of young conservatives, the group I like to call the Reagan Generation. For years, we young people have felt the direct effects of the psychedelic revolution that took place during the 1960s—a relentless barage of creeping liberalism that has poisoned our schools, culture and even our government. We cannot afford to be idle. We must act to take back our country from the socialist regime which has sought to undermine it. This is our time. In 2008, we will face the most important election of our lives, thus far. If Hillary Clinton wins the presidency, and her husband takes control of the United Nations, we can kiss our beloved country goodbye. Our democracy, our own freedom, will be outsourced to a committee of “experts” in Geneva because the Clinton oligarchy believes we are incapable of making our own decisions. For now, there is plenty of fighting to be had. The leftists in the Senate, led by Harry Reid, have drawn their swords on the judges issue—taking a stand against the constitution and attempting to thwart the president’s nominees. We, too, must draw our swords; if they push, we must push back harder. The left always gripes about bipartisanship when they are in the minority. The Republicans must learn to become a majority party; we must stand together. In this case, bipartisanship is dead. The deal that was brokered by the group of fourteen is only temporary. It is only a matter of time before Rehnquist and O’Connor step down and the gloves will come off. This issue, like others, is as an opportunity for us young conservatives to band together, to make our voices heard. We have the power to defeat Hillary if we mobilize our age group. We are an ideological army that must fight for our beliefs and our country.

Source: TheNotSoSilentMajority

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Staubach's Mission Statement

2005-07-25T09:00:00.000-07:00

Staubach is a real estate firm founded by former Dallas Cowboys quarterback, Roger Staubach.

Values

Staubach identifies and eliminates the invisible risks existing in any real estate decision.

Integrity

We will not compromise our individual or corporate integrity for any reason. Everyone will be held to the highest ethical standards of honesty and integrity in all business dealings, both internal and external to the company. Every individual pledges to preserve the corporate integrity.

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Respect

We encourage and embrace the inclusion of diverse perspectives and cultural backgrounds. Inclusion builds a work environment that is positive for all regardless of race, age, gender, religion or sexual orientation.

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Teamwork

Teams work. The collective efforts of varied specialists will produce extraordinary results; lone efforts do not. Fidelity to the team ethic will result in personal achievements beyond one’s own capabilities.

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Balance

Balanced lives will make for a healthier and consistently productive organization. While hard work and devotion to our profession are desired qualities, all employees are encouraged to balance their faith, family, community and self with those of their vocation.

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Leadership

Our continued success relies on our ability to attract and motivate leaders of character throughout the organization. If we invest in people who demonstrate integrity and achievement, success will be the natural consequence. Principled-leadership and technical competence will never become obsolete.

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Operating Principles

Staubach solves business and real estate problems resulting in cost-savings of 15-25%, often more.

Client Service

We will adopt the objectives of our clients, the users of space, and dedicate ourselves to the achievement of their goals. We strive to understand our clients’ long-term operational objectives and to orient our work to achieve these objectives, rather than simply fulfill a short-term real estate need.

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Quality

Pursue excellence in all of our professional endeavors and remain above the conflicts that prevail in our industry. Inform our clients of any potential conflicts, whether real or perceived. Always choose the harder right over the easier wrong.

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Value-added Service

Deliver value every day. Exceed our clients’ expectations by maintaining standards of value-added services well above the norms in our industry. Seek not only to achieve what is asked of us, but provide more than is expected. If at any time our clients are not completely satisfied with the services we have provided, they have the unilateral right to adjust our fee.

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Source: Staubach.com

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Ball's (BLL) Mission Statement

2005-07-25T08:39:00.000-07:00

Mission and Strategies

To be the premier provider to beverage, food and aerospace and technologies customers of the products and services that we offer as we aggressively manage our business, and to explore and pursue acquisitions, divestitures, strategic alliances and other changes that would benefit Ball's shareholders.

In packaging, our strategy is to leverage our superior continuous process improvement expertise in order to manufacture, market, sell and service high-quality, value-added products that meet the needs of high-volume and/or growing customer segments of the beverage and food markets.

In aerospace and technologies, our strategy is to provide remote sensing systems and solutions to the aerospace and defense markets through products and services used to collect and interpret information needed to support national missions and scientific discovery.

Ball Corporation has changed dramatically over its 125 years, from a small, family-owned business into a public company with people and interests around the world. We believe a core purpose and core values, established in our early years and refined and adhered to throughout our history, have provided us with a guiding philosophy that has helped us prosper.

Core Purpose

Ball Corporation is in business to add value to all of its stakeholders, whether it is providing quality products and services to customers, an attractive return on investment to shareholders, a meaningful work life for employees or a contribution of time, effort and resources to our communities. In all of our interactions, we ask how we can get better �� how we can make it better, be better and do better, for our own good and the good of those who have a stake in our success.

Core Values

Integrity

Our reputation for integrity is our most important asset. We will not compromise our integrity or risk damage to our reputation in return for financial gain or any reason.

Respect

We respect our employees, our customers, our suppliers, our shareholders �� indeed, all of our stakeholders. In all of our dealings we strive to show that respect and to treat people with dignity.

Motivation

We have a strong desire to be successful and to be measured against the best.

Flexibility

We are willing to challenge our own assumptions and adapt to changing circumstances for the long-term good of the corporation.

Innovation

We strive to be creative and innovative in our products, our processes and the way we conduct business.

Teamwork

We operate as a team. Everyone has his or her job, but it takes all of us working together for the company to succeed.

Source: Ball.com

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Wellpoint's (WLP) Mission Statement

2005-07-23T15:16:00.000-07:00

Mission, Vision & Values

Throughout its existence, WellPoint has challenged conventional industry wisdom. With an unyielding commitment to meeting the unique needs of our diverse customer base, WellPoint is guided by the following principles:

WellPoint Mission

WellPoint's objective is to improve the health of the people we serve. The WellPoint Companies provide health security by offering a choice of quality branded health and related financial services designed to meet the changing expectations of individuals, families and their sponsors throughout a lifelong relationship.

WellPoint Vision

WellPoint will transform our industry, becoming the most valued health plan through a new generation of consumer-friendly products that put individuals back in control of their health and financial future.

The result will be:

A significant increase in member satisfaction and enrollment

rior returns to shareholders

llent opportunities for associates

A highly respected national organization

WellPoint Values

Be customer-focused in everything we do and everyone we serve

Take personal responsibility for achieving planned results

Be a leader

Be creative and entrepreneurial

Embody ethics, pride, results with integrity and passion in everything we do

Collaborate to achieve company results

Respect and listen to others

Commit to excellence and innovation, helping the organization work faster, simpler, smarter and more profitably

The above statements may be modified to reflect the evolution of our organization and commitment to meeting the ever-changing needs of our diverse customer base.

Source: Wellpoint.com

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Hillsdale College's Mission Statement

2005-07-23T14:50:00.000-07:00

Mission

Hillsdale College is an independent, nonsectarian institution of higher learning founded in 1844 by men and women "grateful to God for the inestimable blessings" resulting from civil and religious liberty and "believing that the diffusion of learning is essential to the perpetuity of these blessings." It pursues the stated object of the founders: "to furnish all persons who wish, irrespective of nation, color, or sex, a literary and scientific education" outstanding among American colleges "and to combine with this such moral and social instruction as will best develop the minds and improve the hearts of its pupils."

The College considers itself a trustee of modern man's intellectual and spiritual inheritance from the Judeo-Christian faith and Greco-Roman culture, a heritage finding its clearest expression in the American experiment of self-government under law.

By training the young in the liberal arts, Hillsdale College prepares students to become leaders worthy of that legacy. By encouraging the scholarship of its faculty, it contributes to the preservation of that legacy for future generations. By publicly defending that legacy, it enlists the aid of other friends of free civilization and thus secures the conditions of its own survival and independence.

Identity

Hillsdale is a selective, coeducational college of liberal arts for approximately 1,200 students. Fully accredited, it graduates students with the degree of bachelor of arts or bachelor of science and prepares them for graduate study, for professional schools, for teaching and for many vocational and cultural pursuits.

Hillsdale's founders opened the doors to all, regardless of race or religion, in 1844. It was the first college in Michigan, and the second in the United States, to admit women on par with men. Its cosmopolitan student body is assembled from homes in 44 states and 13 foreign countries.

Aims

Hillsdale College maintains its defense of the traditional liberal arts curriculum, convinced that it is the best preparation for meeting the challenges of modern life and that it offers to all people of all backgrounds not only an important body of knowledge, but also timeless truths about the human condition. The liberal arts are dedicated to stimulating students' intellectual curiosity, to encouraging the critical, well-disciplined mind, and to fostering personal growth through academic challenge. They are a window on the past and a gateway to the future.

The College values the merit of each unique individual, rather than succumbing to the dehumanizing, discriminatory trend of so called "social justice" and "multicultural diversity," which judges individuals not as individuals, but as member of a group and which pits one group against other competing groups in divisive power struggles.

Source: Hillsdale.edu

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Blackrock's (BLK) Mission Statement

2005-07-22T11:30:00.000-07:00

Mission Statement

BlackRock's mission is to be a world-class provider of asset management and risk management services. We offer a broad range of investment products that target returns in excess of their benchmarks while efficiently managing risk. Our risk management products and services are developed from the same proprietary systems and analytics that support our own asset management business. We bring to asset management a practical, real world application of risk management techniques and analytics designed to maximize usability, consistency, efficiency, and flexibility.

BlackRock is committed to building long-term relationships by providing superior performance, excellent client service, and customized products and services to meet individual client needs. We continually and carefully evaluate new products and disciplines based upon market opportunities, investor needs, and their strategic fit with BlackRock's existing organization.

Philosophy

At BlackRock, we believe that experienced investment professionals using a disciplined investment process and sophisticated analytical tools will consistently add value to client portfolios. Accordingly, BlackRock has assembled a team of professionals with expertise throughout the global capital markets and, over the years, has continued to make significant investments in technology and analytics. By continually updating our systems, we are able to better quantify and evaluate the risk of each investment decision. We believe that our risk management process is unique in the investment management community, and we know of no other firm with such comprehensive capabilities in terms of technology and professional resources.

As of June 30, 2005, BlackRock employs over 1,400 professionals whose disciplines include portfolio management, risk management, business development and client service, technology, operations and administration. Given BlackRock's focus on risk management to achieve performance goals, BlackRock Solutions is dedicated to developing and continually enhancing proprietarily-developed analytical tools.

BlackRock maintains a senior-level commitment to service that fosters dynamic client relationships and enables us to assist clients with all aspects of their investment needs. By understanding these needs, we can proactively develop suitable strategies to address them. As a result, over 225 BlackRock clients have entrusted the firm with multiple assignments across and within asset classes.

Our communication and reporting capabilities reflect an extension of our commitment to client service. All clients receive a variety of BlackRock publications, including quarterly updates and Special Reports. We also provide over 400 clients with password-protected access to portfolio reports and analytics via BlackRock's website, www.blackrock.com. Today, many clients choose to receive their monthly or quarterly client reports via the Internet.

Source: Blackrock.com

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Ameren's (AEE) Mission Statement

2005-07-22T09:13:00.000-07:00

Developed by Ameren’s senior team under the leadership of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Gary Rainwater, Ameren’s vision, mission and values are the foundation of our company’s future.

Ameren’s mission is to generate electricity, deliver electricity and distribute natural gas in a safe, reliable, efficient and environmentally sound manner. Our vision is to be the recognized performance leader of the U.S. electric and gas utility industry. Being a performance leader means we will achieve operational excellence, industry-leading customer satisfaction and superior financial performance.

In pursuing our mission and vision, Ameren is guided by five core values:

Integrity

We will manage our business honestly and ethically. We will always do what is right and take personal responsibility for our actions. We will behave in a way that earns the trust and respect of all of our stakeholders and enhances the reputation of our company.

Respect

We will treat all people with dignity and respect. We will create a work environment that attracts, supports and retains a high-quality, culturally diverse workforce capable of meeting the challenges of a competitive environment.

Stewardship

We will build and improve on the business entrusted to our care. We will be good stewards of our stockholders’ investment, of our employees’ welfare, and of our customers’ trust in us to provide their energy needs. We will be dedicated to meeting our social, community and environmental responsibilities.

Teamwork

We will work together a team, leveraging our employees' unique talents and skills in a spirit of cooperation and trust, holding each other mutually accountable to achieve our common vision.

Commitment

We will commit ourselves to the success of our business, to the pursuit of excellence, to the safety of our employees, and to providing industry leading quality of service to our customers.

Source: Ameren.com

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Ben & Jerry's Mission Statement

2005-07-20T21:56:00.000-07:00

Ben & Jerry’s is founded on and dedicated to a sustainable corporate concept of linked prosperity.

Our mission consists of 3 interrelated parts:

Product Mission

To make, distribute & sell the finest quality all natural ice cream & euphoric concoctions with a continued commitment to incorporating wholesome, natural ingredients and promoting business practices that respect the Earth and the Environment.

Economic Mission

To operate the Company on a sustainable financial basis of profitable growth, increasing value for our stakeholders & expanding opportunities for development and career growth for our employees.

Social Mission

To operate the company in a way that actively recognizes the central role that business plays in society by initiating innovative ways to improve the quality of life locally, nationally & internationally.

Central To The Mission Of Ben & Jerry’sis the belief that all three parts must thrive equally in a manner that commands deep respect for individuals in and outside the company and supports the communities of which they are a part.

Leading with Progressive Values Across Our Business

We have a progressive, nonpartisan social mission that seeks to meet human needs and eliminate injustices in our local, national and international communities by integrating these concerns into our day-to-day business activities. Our focus is on children and families, the environment and sustainable agriculture on family farms.

Capitalism and the wealth it produces do not create opportunity for everyone equally. We recognize that the gap between the rich and the poor is wider than at anytime since the 1920's.We strive to create economic opportunities for those who have been denied them and to advance new models of economic justice that are sustainable and replicable.

By definition, the manufacturing of products creates waste. We strive to minimize our negative impact on the environment.

The growing of food is overly reliant on the use of toxic chemicals and other methods that are unsustainable. We support sustainable and safe methods of food production that reduce environmental degradation, maintain the productivity of the land over time, and support the economic viability of family farms and rural communities.

We seek and support nonviolent ways to achieve peace and justice. We believe government resources are more productively used in meeting human needs than in building and maintaining weapons systems.

We strive to show a deep respect for human beings inside and outside our company and for the communities in which they live.

Source: BenandJerry's.com

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Baker Hughes' (BHI) Mission Statement

2005-07-20T21:02:00.000-07:00

Core Values and Keys to Success

The Baker Hughes Core Values and Keys to Success are the basis for establishing a common culture for Baker Hughes. Our Core Values are: Integrity, Teamwork, Performance, and Learning. Our Keys to Success are four priorities that should guide decision-making in Baker Hughes: Engage People, Deliver Value, Be Cost Efficient, Resource Effectively.

Core Values

Integrity:

We believe integrity is the foundation of our individual and corporate actions that drives an organization of which we are proud.

We are a responsible corporate citizen committed to the health and safety of people, protection of the environment, and compliance with laws, regulations, and company policies.

We are honest, trustworthy, respectful and ethical in our actions.

We honor our commitments.

We are accountable for our actions, successes and failures.

Teamwork:

We believe teamwork leverages our individual strengths.

We are committed to common goals.

We expect everyone to actively participate on the BHI team.

We openly communicate up, down, and across the organization.

We value the diversity of our workforce.

We willingly share our resources.

Performance:

We believe performance excellence will drive the results that differentiate us from our competitors.

We focus on what is important.

We establish and communicate clear expectations.

We relentlessly pursue success.

We strive for flawless execution.

We work hard, celebrate our successes and learn from our failures.

We continuously look for new ways to improve our products, services and processes.

Learning:

We believe a learning environment is the way to achieve the full potential of each individual and the company.

We expect development throughout each individual’s career by a combination of individual and company commitment.

We learn from sharing past decisions and actions, both good and bad, to continuously improve performance.

We improve by benchmarking and adopting best practices.

Keys to Success

People contributing at their full potential. Everyone can make a difference.

We understand our priorities and performance goals.

We drive to do our part every day.

We support new ideas and take appropriate risks.

We take action to find and correct problems.

We commend each other on a job well done.

Delivering unmatched value to our customers.

We make it easy for customers to do business with us.

We listen to our customers and understand their needs,

We plan ahead to deliver innovative, cost-effective solutions.

We are dedicated to safe, flawless execution and top quality results.

Being cost efficient in everything we do.

We maintain a competitive cost structure for the long-term.

We utilize shared services to control cost for the enterprise.

We seek the best value for Baker Hughes in our relationships with suppliers.

We ruthlessly eliminate waste without compromising safety or quality.

Employing our resources effectively.

We assign our people where they can make the biggest contribution.

We allocate our investments to leverage the best opportunities for Baker Hughes.

We handle company assets as if they were our own.

We manage our balance sheet to enhance return on investment.

Source: BakerHughes.com

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BP's (BP) Mission Statement

2005-07-19T13:57:00.000-07:00

BP uses a Values Statement

Our Values

In all our activities we seek to display some unchanging, fundamental qualities – integrity, honest dealing, treating everyone with respect and dignity, striving for mutual advantage and contributing to human progress.

To translate these into guides for practical action, we build on them in our group values. By bringing together intentions previously articulated in a number of different policy statements, these make it clear that the group aims:

to have the best competitive corporate, operating and financial performance

to improve, and to be accessible, inclusive and diverse

to engage the creative talents of our employees, and develop and apply leading, cost-effective technology and intellectual creativity to enhance innovation and new ideas

to carry on its business in an environmentally responsible manner, and develop cleaner energy and renewable energy sources. The group is committed to the responsible treatment of the planet’s resources and to the development of sources of lower-carbon energy

For clarity, we express our group values under four headings: performance; people and capability; health, safety and environment; and external relationships.

Group Values

Performance

Compliance with law and ethics: to comply with all applicable laws and regulations in each jurisdiction in which the group operates. All employees will be required to comply with the code of conduct, which prohibits illegal, corrupt or unethical practices and demands high standards of probity.

Continuous improvement: to improve continuously in pursuit of the group values by setting targets and through encouragement of our employees.

Internal targets: to establish realistic and reasonable targets in the group plan. Progress against targets will be reported internally and analysed transparently and in a timely manner so that progress and variations can be understood readily.

Risk: to ensure through the group plan that progress takes place, applying a balanced approach to risk, value and innovation. No employee will be permitted to substitute his or her own risk preferences for those contained in the group plan.

People and Capability

Human capability and technology: to nurture human capability and invest to ensure that the right technology, skills, behaviours and intellectual property are available for the pursuit of the board goals.

Employee treatment: to treat employees fairly and with respect and dignity.

Employee expectations: to make clear the expectations the group has of each employee in line with the group’s general principles of delegation. Each employee will be given open and constructive feedback to aid his or her continuing development and performance.

Inclusion: to enable employees to feel included as part of a meritocratic organization of people from diverse backgrounds.

Merit and diversity: to recruit, select, develop and advance its employees on merit, irrespective of age, gender, nationality, physical challenge, race, religious belief, sexual orientation or identity.

Remuneration: to reward employees in a manner that reflects their role in the group and their contribution to the achievement of targets.

Health, Safety, and Environment

Health and safety: to ensure that there are no accidents, no harm to people and that no one is subject to unnecessary risk while working for the group.

Environmentally sound operations: to conduct the group’s activities in a manner that, consistent with the board goals, is environmentally responsible with the aspiration of ‘no damage to the environment’. The group will seek to drive down the environmental impact of its operations by reducing waste, emissions and discharges, and by using energy efficiently.

‘Transcending the environmental trade-off’: to contribute to human progress by applying the group’s resources in such a way that the perceived trade-off between global access to heat, light and mobility and the protection and improvement of the natural environment may be overcome.

External Relationships

Mutual advantage: to conduct our business on a long-term and sustainable basis, founded on relationships that are mutually advantageous and capable of enduring beyond a single transaction.

Social impact: to respect the quality of life and the economic and social progress of the communities in which the group operates and, in the context of the board goals, to give support to their advancement.

Human rights: to support the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights. Understanding that governments have the primary responsibility to promote and protect human rights, the group shares the common goal of promoting respect for human rights, particularly those set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Transparency: to deal openly and transparently with shareholders and third parties. The group will set appropriate external targets in line with its internal targets and report against them periodically. The group will also act in accordance with the principles of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI).

Government relations and influence: always to conduct business in a manner that does not abuse the influence that may exist (or be perceived to exist) by virtue of the scope and scale of the group. The group will engage honourably with all governments in whose jurisdictions it operates but will take no part in partisan politics.

Source: BP.com

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Norfolk Southern's (NSC) Mission Statement

2005-07-19T13:20:00.000-07:00

Our Vision:

Be the safest, most customer-focused and successful transportation company in the world.

Our Mission:

Norfolk Southern's mission is to enhance the value of our stockholders' investment over time by providing quality freight transportation services and undertaking any other related businesses in which our resources, particularly our people, give the company an advantage.

Our Creed:

We are responsible to our stockholders, customers, employees and the communities we serve.

For all our constituencies, we will make safety our highest priority.

For our customers, we will provide quality service, always trying to reduce our costs in order to offer competitive prices.

For our stockholders, we will strive to earn a return on their equity investment which will increase the value of their ownership. By generating a reasonable return on invested capital, we will provide the security of a financially strong company to our customers, employees, stockholders and communities.

For our employees, our greatest asset, we will provide fair and dignified treatment with equal opportunity at every level. We will seek a talented, diverse work force and management with the highest standards of honesty and fairness.

For the communities we serve, we will be good corporate citizens, seeking to enhance their quality of life through service, jobs, investment and the energies and good will of our employees.

Source: NorfolkSouthern.com

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AmerisourceBergen's (ABC) Mission Statement

2005-07-19T13:09:00.000-07:00

To build shareholder value by delivering pharmaceutical and healthcare products, services and solutions in innovative and cost effective ways. We will realize this mission by setting the highest standards in service, reliability, safety and cost containment in our industry.

Source: AmerisourceBergen.com

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Unilever's (UN) Mission Statement

2005-07-15T12:37:00.000-07:00

Unilever's Purpose

At the heart of the corporate purpose, which guides us in our approach to doing business, is the drive to serve consumers in a unique and effective way. This purpose has been communicated to all employees worldwide.

Unilever's mission is to add Vitality to life. We meet everyday needs for nutrition, hygiene and personal care with brands that help people feel good, look good and get more out of life.

Our deep roots in local cultures and markets around the world give us our strong relationship with consumers and are the foundation for our future growth. We will bring our wealth of knowledge and international expertise to the service of local consumers – a truly multi-local multinational.

Our long-term success requires a total commitment to exceptional standards of performance and productivity, to working together effectively, and to a willingness to embrace new ideas and learn continuously.

To succeed also requires, we believe, the highest standards of corporate behaviour towards everyone we work with, the communities we touch, and the environment on which we have an impact.

This is our road to sustainable, profitable growth, creating long-term value for our shareholders, our people, and our business partners.

Unilever's Principles

Our code of business principles describes the operational standards that everyone at Unilever follows, wherever they are in the world. It also supports our approach to governance and corporate responsibility.

Standard of Conduct

We conduct our operations with honesty, integrity and openness, and with respect for the human rights and interests of our employees. We shall similarly respect the legitimate interests of those with whom we have relationships.

Obeying the Law

Unilever companies and our employees are required to comply with the laws and regulations of the countries in which we operate.

Employees

Unilever is committed to diversity in a working environment where there is mutual trust and respect and where everyone feels responsible for the performance and reputation of our company. We will recruit, employ and promote employees on the sole basis of the qualifications and abilities needed for the work to be performed. We are committed to safe and healthy working conditions for all employees. We will not use any form of forced, compulsory or child labour. We are committed to working with employees to develop and enhance each individual's skills and capabilities. We respect the dignity of the individual and the right of employees to freedom of association. We will maintain good communications with employees through company based information and consultation procedures.

Consumers

Unilever is committed to providing branded products and services which consistently offer value in terms of price and quality, and which are safe for their intended use. Products and services will be accurately and properly labelled, advertised and communicated.

Shareholders

Unilever will conduct its operations in accordance with internationally accepted principles of good corporate governance. We will provide timely, regular and reliable information on our activities, structure, financial situation and performance to all shareholders.

Business Partners

Unilever is committed to establishing mutually beneficial relations with our suppliers, customers and business partners. In our business dealings we expect our partners to adhere to business principles consistent with our own.

Community Involvement

Unilever strives to be a trusted corporate citizen and, as an integral part of society, to fulfill our responsibilities to the societies and communities in which we operate.

Public Activities

Unilever companies are encouraged to promote and defend their legitimate business interests. Unilever will co-operate with governments and other organisations, both directly and through bodies such as trade associations, in the development of proposed legislation and other regulations which may affect legitimate business interests. Unilever neither supports political parties nor contributes to the funds of groups whose activities are calculated to promote party interests.

The Environment

Unilever is committed to making continuous improvements in the management of our environmental impact and to the longer-term goal of developing a sustainable business. Unilever will work in partnership with others to promote environmental care, increase understanding of environmental issues and disseminate good practice.

Innovation

In our scientific innovation to meet consumer needs we will respect the concerns of our consumers and of society. We will work on the basis of sound science, applying rigorous standards of product safety.

Competition

Unilever believes in vigorous yet fair competition and supports the development of appropriate competition laws. Unilever companies and employees will conduct their operations in accordance with the principles of fair competition and all applicable regulations.

Business Integrity

Unilever does not give or receive, whether directly or indirectly, bribes or other improper advantages for business or financial gain. No employee may offer, give or receive any gift or payment which is, or may be construed as being, a bribe. Any demand for, or offer of, a bribe must be rejected immediately and reported to management. Unilever accounting records and supporting documents must accurately describe and reflect the nature of the underlying transactions. No undisclosed or unrecorded account, fund or asset will be established or maintained.

Conflicts of Interests

All Unilever employees are expected to avoid personal activities and financial interests which could conflict with their responsibilities to the company. Unilever employees must not seek gain for themselves or others through misuse of their positions.

Compliance - Monitoring - Reporting

Compliance with these principles is an essential element in our business success. The Unilever board is responsible for ensuring these principles are communicated to, and understood and observed by, all employees. Day-to-day responsibility is delegated to the senior management of the regions and operating companies. They are responsible for implementing these principles, if necessary through more detailed guidance tailored to local needs. Assurance of compliance is given and monitored each year. Compliance with the code is subject to review by the board supported by the audit committee of the board and the corporate risk committee. Any breaches of the code must be reported in accordance with the procedures specified by the joint secretaries. The board of Unilever will not criticise management for any loss of business resulting from adherence to these principles and other mandatory policies and instructions. The board of Unilever expects employees to bring to their attention, or to that of senior management, any breach or suspected breach of these principles. Provision has been made for employees to be able to report in confidence and no employee will suffer as a consequence of doing so.

Source: Unilver.com

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Corporate Executive Board Co.'s (EXBD) Mission Statement

2005-07-12T16:25:00.000-07:00

Corporate Mission

The Corporate Executive Board provides best practices research, decision support tools, and executive education to a membership of the world's leading corporations and not-for-profit institutions. Our mission is to increase the effectiveness of executives and their enterprises by discovering and teaching to this membership the best new thinking and strategies from across industry and around the world.

At its best, our work is able to shape strategic debate and to accelerate tactical implementation in even the most progressive organizations. We proceed in this work without bias, placing stewardship for the member above the advancement of any idea or approach. We strive in each interaction to achieve a level of service that is unparalleled in our members' experience.

Corporate Values

Force of Ideas

We believe that great ideas - acute insights rooted in microeconomics and informed by human behavior - can carry an organization forward more surely than can access to superior resources, market power, or sheer effort. Our corporate task is to discover these ideas wherever they arise, within and beyond the membership, and to teach them to the membership at large.

Spirit of Generosity

Our ambition is to forge relationships with our members that go beyond the merely commercial. This spirit is expressed in our business model, which directs that wherever possible, we provide our services in unlimited amount. This aim beyond commerce also informs our personal relations; our goal is to serve members and each other beyond expectation and with appreciation, bringing honest joy to the opportunity to serve.

A Teaching Enterprise

We believe that "words matter," and that the greatest care should be taken in our communications with our members and with each other to strive for precision, acuity, and grace. We bear the complete responsibility for teaching the insights in our work to our members, and we gladly invest the increment of thought and effort required to communicate these thoughts through powerful, visual imagery that drives member interest and engagement.

Member Stewardship

Our purpose as a firm is to increase the personal and professional effectiveness of our members and their enterprises. This standard of care guides our current activities and helps to define our future strategic choices. We feel keenly the need to be responsible stewards of our members' contributions and confidences. We believe that close, continuing vigilance to the changing needs of our members is our single most important activity.

Constant Growth

We seek to create an entrepreneurial environment of ever-expanding horizons for our members, our staff, and our shareholders year over year. We believe that our ability to grow through organic innovation is effectively infinite, and we have placed the enterprise on a growth trajectory that demands our best efforts and that creates the most value for our shareholders.

Pure Meritocracy

Advancement in our firm depends solely on ability, performance, and contribution to our success. We challenge our highest performers to assume significant managerial and professional responsibility early in their careers, and our growth trajectory offers all staff members the opportunity for unusually rapid advancement.

Strength from Diversity

Our aspiration is to attract and engage a professional staff that reflects the diversity of our membership, and whose varied perspectives inform the creativity and relevance of our work. We are committed to providing a vibrant, inclusive professional environment, and we invest unusual effort in identifying and recruiting exceptional talent from diverse backgrounds.

Source: Corporate Executive Board Co.

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Avon's (AVP) Mission Statement

2005-07-10T20:59:00.000-07:00

The Avon Vision
To be the company that best understands and satisfies the product, service and self-fulfillment needs of women - globally.

The Avon Mission
The Global Beauty Leader

We will build a unique portfolio of Beauty and related brands, striving to surpass our competitors in quality, innovation and value, and elevating our image to become the Beauty company most women turn to worldwide.

The Women's Choice for Buying

We will become the destination store for women, offering the convenience of multiple brands and channels, and providing a personal high touch shopping experience that helps create lifelong customer relationships.

The Premier Direct Seller

We will expand our presence in direct selling and lead the reinvention of the channel, offering an entrepreneurial opportunity that delivers superior earnings, recognition, service and support, making it easy and rewarding to be affiliated with Avon and elevating the image of our industry.

The Best Place to Work

We will be known for our leadership edge, through our passion for high standards, our respect for diversity and our commitment to create exceptional opportunities for professional growth so that associates can fulfill their highest potential.

The Largest Women's Foundation

We will be a committed global champion for the health and well-being of women through philanthropic efforts that eliminate breast cancer from the face of the earth, and that empower women to achieve economic independence.

The Most Admired Company

We will deliver superior returns to our shareholders by tirelessly pursuing new growth opportunities while continually improving our profitability, a socially responsible, ethical company that is watched and emulated as a model of success.

Avon's Values & Principles
Avon's Five Values, and our Principles as expressed by the company's Founder, David H. McConnell, have served as a continuing source of strength throughout Avon's proud history; and they remain at the heart of who we are.

The Five Values of Avon

Trust, Respect, Belief, Humility, and Integrity

Principles That Guide Avon

To provide individuals an opportunity to earn in
support of their well-being and happiness.

To serve families throughout the world with
products of the highest quality backed by a guarantee of satisfaction.

To render a service to customers that is outstanding
in its helpfulness and courtesy.

To give full recognition to employees and Representatives, on
whose contributions Avon depends.

To meet fully the obligations of corporate citizenship by contributing to the well-being of society
and the environment in which it functions.

To maintain and cherish the friendly spirit of Avon.

Source: Avon.com

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Ashland's (ASH) Mission Statement

2005-07-10T19:31:00.000-07:00

Our Vision

We enable growth and add value to all we touch.

Our Mission

We are a market-focused, process-centered organization that develops and delivers innovative solutions to our customers, consistently outperforms our peers, produces predictable earnings for our shareholders, and provides a dynamic and challenging environment for our employees.

Our Values

We act with integrity and honesty.

We focus on customer and shareholder success, and compete to win.

We recognize each person for the difference he or she makes.

We create safe and health-conscious work environments, require compliance and embrace environmental stewardship.

We drive innovation and results through effective processes and rapid, fact-based decision making.

Our Operating Principles

We operate in compliance with the law and adhere to high ethical standards.

We are customer driven. Customer focus is critical: We will evaluate all decisions for their impact on customers.

We are market focused. Our business units are defined by markets.

We operate as a unified, integrated company presenting a common face to investors, suppliers, employees and customers.

All resources are owned by the enterprise, not individual business units.

Ashland Inc. first: Ashland leaders are first responsible to Ashland and second to the business unit or functional area.

We are process-centered. We will have common process owners who are responsible for the performance of the process across the enterprise.

Our principles are enforced by the Operating Committee, with the CEO as the final decision maker.

Source: Ashland.com

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Land O' Lakes' Mission Statement

2005-07-10T12:51:00.000-07:00

Land O'Lakes is a growing company with a rich history of serving America's farmers and marketing America's favorite dairy products. Today, this farmer-owned cooperative extends its reach from coast-to-coast and to more than 50 countries worldwide.

Land O'Lakes Vision

Our vision is to be one of the best food and agricultural companies in the world by being:

Our customers' first choice;

Our employees' first choice;

Responsible to our owners; and

A leader in our communities.

We are committed to doing more than meeting our customers' needs. We strive to delight our customers by anticipating and exceeding their expectations through an innovative and creative workforce.

We recognize employees as our most important asset and we focus on making Land O'Lakes their first choice for work. We believe in respecting diversity and in encouraging teamwork, involvement, development and empowerment of all employees.

We aim to create greater shareholder value while fulfilling our responsibilities as a cooperative.

Finally, we recognize our responsibilities to the communities in which we operate. We are proactive in dedicating resources to build a better quality of life, operate in an ethical and environmentally sensitive manner and live by our values.

Land O'Lakes Mission

We are a market- and customer-driven cooperative committed to optimizing the value of our members' dairy, crop and livestock production.

Land O'Lakes Values

The Land O'Lakes heritage is rich in rural values, family and respect for the land. Our cooperative roots run deep. With determination and pride, we will continue our commitment to serve farmers, rural America and our customers. Our values reflect who we are and what we firmly believe in:

People

We believe in people—in valuing and recognizing a work force of diverse individuals as the key to our success.

Performance

We believe in setting high standards—defining clear goals and rewarding initiative that turns ideas into action and goals into reality.

Customer Commitment

We believe the customer is fundamental to our success—working together to meet their needs is the basis for all that we do.

Quality

We believe Land O'Lakes stands for quality—striving to make our best better.

Integrity

We believe in honesty—respecting each individual, fairness and open communication.

With these values as our guide, we will provide more than we receive and succeed both individually and as a company.

Source: LandoLakesInc.com

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Quiznos Sub's Mission Statement

2005-07-10T12:09:00.000-07:00

QUIZNOS SUB MISSION

To be the leader in quick service restaurants by serving the best sandwiches and "products in and around sandwiches" in the marketplace... one successful restaurant and one "wowed" customer at a time.

QUIZNOS SUB CORE VALUES

Innovation, Integrity, Passion, Creativity, Courage and Fun

QUIZNOS SUB COMMITMENT

We believe that our Quiznos product is our single best asset as we focus on our quest to be a national market leader in the sub sandwich segment. In addition, we are committed to:

Our corporate employees, who provide the dedication, insight and hard work necessary to grow this chain.

Our Franchise Owners and Area Directors, whom we strive to make successful through our Franchise Support Services.

Source: Quiznos.com

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Colgate-Palmolive's Mission Statement

2005-07-10T11:51:00.000-07:00

Colgate-Palmolive has a Vision Statement.

Our three fundamental values—Caring, Global Teamwork and Continuous Improvement—are part of everything we do.

They are the foundation for our business strategy and are reflected in every aspect of our work life.

Caring

The Company cares about people: Colgate people, customers, shareholders and business partners. Colgate is committed to act with compassion, integrity and honesty in all situations, to listen with respect to others and to value differences. The Company is also committed to protect the global environment and to enhance the communities where Colgate people live and work.

Global Teamwork

All Colgate people are part of a global team, committed to working together across countries and throughout the world. Only by sharing ideas, technologies and talents can the Company achieve and sustain profitable growth.

Continuous Improvement

Colgate is committed to getting better every day in all it does, as individuals and as teams. By better understanding consumers' and customers' expectations and continuously working to innovate and improve products, services and processes, Colgate will "become the best."

Source: Colgate-Palmolive

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Brian Tracy International's Mission Statement

2005-07-08T11:27:00.000-07:00

We are a special high-integrity group of unique individuals committed to helping people succeed by offering high-content, high energy, extremely effective learning programs, books, audio/video tapes, and live presentations.

We work together in a spirit of harmony, excellence, speed and efficiency, to give our customers more ideas, better and faster than anyone else. We are the premier source of instruction on success and achievement in the world.

Source: An email I recieved from Brian Tracy International

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Scholastic's (SCHL) Mission Statement

2005-07-07T21:29:00.000-07:00

Scholastic actually has a Credo

Scholastic produces educational materials to assist and inspire students:

To cultivate their minds to utmost capacity

To become familiar with our cultural heritage

To strive for excellence in creative expression in all fields of learning, literature, and art

To seek effective ways to live a satisfying life

To enlarge students' concern for and understanding of today's world

To help build a society free of prejudice and hate, and dedicated to the highest quality of life in community and nation

We strive to present the clearest explanation of current affairs and contemporary thought, and to encourage literary appreciation and expression consistent with the understanding and interests of young people at all levels of learning.

We believe in:

The worth and dignity of each individual

Respect for the diverse groups in our multicultural society

The right of each individual to live in a wholesome environment, and equally, the personal responsibility of each individual to help gain and preserve a decent and healthful environment, beginning with informed care of one's own body and mind
High moral and spiritual values

The democratic way of life, with basic liberties — and responsibilities — for everyone

Constitutional, representative government, and even-handed justice that maintains equality of rights for all people

Responsible competitive enterprise and responsible labor, with opportunities for all

Cooperation and understanding among all people for the peace of the world

We pledge ourselves to uphold the basic freedoms of all individuals; we are unalterably opposed to any system of government or society that denies these freedoms. We oppose discrimination of any kind on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, age, or national origin. Good citizens may honestly differ on important public questions. We believe that all sides of the issues of our times should be fairly discussed — with deep respect for facts and logical thinking — in classroom magazines, books, and other educational materials used in schools and homes.

Source: Scholastic.com

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Performance Food Group's (PFGC) Mission Statement

2005-07-07T21:03:00.000-07:00

This is an interesting mission statement in that they really don't say much about what they do.

Our Mission Statement

We will be the innovative leader in providing customer satisfaction.

In partnership with our customers, associates, vendors and sister companies, we will achieve mutually profitable growth.

We will continue to operate with honesty and integrity as we support our partners and community.

Our Vision

Be the best at providing customer satisfaction

Be the leader in creating distinctive customer relationships

Be the leader in creating a distribution network focused on customer needs

All companies will share resources and support each other to better service our customers

Be a company focused on our associates' well-being, providing training, development, and good communication, making our associates feel involved and appreciated

Be a well-known community supporter in each market

The Values We Share

Recognizing the part played by others in our success, the following expresses the values we share with our co-workers, our customers, our suppliers, our operating companies, our industry and the communities in which we live and conduct our business.

To Our Co-Workers

Our co-workers are our most important asset. We will treat our co-workers with respect and provide just compensation and benefits. Individual contribution will be recognized. Advancement will be based on performance and abilities.

We will provide a safe and healthy work environment.

We will encourage initiative and creativity by providing an atmosphere for our associates to develop their abilities.

Working as a team will enable the company to provide these benefits and opportunities by:

being sensitive to our customers' needs and meeting those needs better than our competition

being more productive than our competitors by carrying out our responsibilities to the best of our ability

contributing ideas and suggestions for continually improving our company

treating co-workers and our company with respect

To Our Customers

We will earn and keep our customers' loyalty by making their needs our number one priority.

To Our Suppliers

We will look to our suppliers for products and support that represent a value to our customers and our company.

We will develop alliances with our suppliers to enhance this value and strengthen our mutual relationship with the customer.

We will be honest and fair with each of our suppliers and expect the same of them.

To Our Operating Companies

We will encourage teamwork and the entrepreneurial attitude of creativeness, responsibility for actions and appropriate independent decision-making.

To Our Industry

We will be proactive in the local and national advancement of the foodservice industry in an effort to further its growth.

To Our Community

Performance Food Group companies will support and enhance the communities in which we do business through company and personal involvement in community affairs. The company will operate in an ethical manner, carefully observing all laws and relations in its communities.

The Role of Profits

Performance Food Group is focused on maximizing the profitable growth in all of its business segments. That is the only way we can pay our associates a fair wage, provide an attractive return to shareholders and invest in future growth. It is the only way the company can sustain itself to carry out our business mission and citizenship responsibilities.

While profits are something that must be earned today, profits earned today at the expense of the future have little value.

Performance Food Group will balance its need for profit and long-term growth. The company will not mortgage its future for the sake of short-term gain.

To Our Business Partners

The Performance Food Group culture dictates that we operate with honesty and integrity in all things that we do. In this spirit, we are setting forth the following Performance Food Group supplier business partner rights and responsibilities. Included in these is the Performance Food Group policy on supplier pricing and price protection.

Performance Food Group believes in building long lasting business relationships. We demand great things from our Performance Food Group supplier business partners and believe that they have the right to expect great things from Performance Food Group. These policies, rights, and responsibilities have been developed for the benefit of our business relationships and are to be taken very seriously.

All Performance Food Group Suppliers have the right to:

Make a profit.

Conduct business in a friendly, open, and honest environment.

Expect that scheduled appointment times will be met within a reasonable amount of time or that notification will be provided when suppliers will be seen.

Be notified in a timely manner of the status of your presentation; (i.e. new items).

Expect that all commitments made by Performance Food Group associates will be fulfilled.

Expect payment within the agreed upon payment terms.

Expect that Performance Food Group associates will maintain the confidentiality of any programs developed between our two companies.

Source: PerformanceFoodGroup.com

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BASF's Mission Statement

2005-07-07T12:48:00.000-07:00

Mission

BASF is the world's leading chemical company. We offer intelligent solutions based on innovative products and tailor-made services.

We create opportunities for success through trusted and reliable partnerships.

Vision

We are "The Chemical Company" successfully operating in all major markets.

Our customers view BASF as their partner of choice.

Our innovative products, intelligent solutions and services make us the most competent worldwide supplier in the chemical industry.

We generate a high return on assets.

We strive for Sustainable Development.

We welcome change as an opportunity.

We, the employees of BASF, together ensure our success.

Values

We, the employees of the BASF Group, are committed to the following Values:

Sustainable Profitable Performance

Ongoing profitable performance in the sense of Sustainable Development is the basic requirement for all of our activities. We are committed to the interests of our customers, shareholders and employees and assume a responsibility towards society.

Innovation for the Success of Our Customers

Our business processes are oriented towards adding long-term value and competitiveness. In partnership with our customers, we help them be more successful. To accomplish this, we jointly discover business opportunities and develop products, procedures and services that are on a high scientific and technical level.

Safety, Health, Environmental Responsibility

We act in a responsible manner and support the Responsible Care ® initiatives. Economic considerations do not take priority over safety and health issues and environmental protection.

Personal and Professional Competence

We form the best team in industry by fostering Group-wide the diversity of personal and professional competencies. Intercultural competence is our advantage in global competition. We encourage our employees to make use of their creativity and their potential for common success.

Mutual Respect and Open Dialogue

We treat everyone fairly and with respect. We pursue an open and trusting dialogue within our Company, with our business partners and relevant groups in society.

Integrity

We act in accordance with our words and Values. We comply with the laws and respect the good business practices of the countries in which we operate.

Source: BASF.com

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Oracle's (ORCL) Mission Statement

2005-07-07T11:46:00.000-07:00

Oracle adheres to three principles.

Adhering to three principles has saved Oracle more than US$1 billion in operating costs—so far. With these principles, which are incorporated into the design of our software, we have coordinated and streamlined all our business processes worldwide.

Simplify: Speed information delivery with integrated systems and a single database. More

Standardize: Reduce cost and maintenance cycles with open, easily available components. More

Automate: Improve operational efficiency with technology and best practices. More

We believe that our customers get more from their information by using Oracle's software and services and applying these principles. Many have already improved their ability to use information and IT as strategic assets and are now able to share data and processes, measure results for continuous improvement, align stakeholders, and communicate a single truth to all their constituents.

Source: Oracle.com

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Edward Jones' Mission Statement

2005-07-07T11:13:00.000-07:00

Edward Jones has Core Principles rather than a mission statement. I don't mean to single out Edward Jones but I find it humorous that they make themselves out to be a "cut above the rest" and yet they sold mutual funds to their clients without telling them that they had special relationships with these mutual fund families that paid Edward Jones and their brokers bigger commissions. Think about that when you read the following:

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Let's be honest. Most big investment firms seem exactly alike, selling the same investments and making the same promises. You might look at Edward Jones and see just another company, but we believe we're different from the inside out.

At Edward Jones, we're guided by a set of long-standing principles. We serve individual investors, like you. We opt for proven, long-term investing strategies instead of the latest investment fads. And, while we share information on our Web site, we believe it's more important to provide personalized attention and build relationships face to face in our local, community-based offices.

CORE PRINCIPLES

At Edward Jones, we are guided by a set of principles that have shaped all aspects of our business, particularly the way we have built our client relationships and the investment strategies we recommend. It might sound old-fashioned or even, yes, unfashionable. And it may not be the right approach for everyone. But we've learned through decades of experience that it's a tried and true way of helping you succeed.

We are focused on one client, the long-term investor. All aspects of our business - from the location of our offices to the investments and services we offer - are aligned to help us better understand and meet our clients' unique needs.

We like to work with clients who share our long-term view of investing. That doesn't mean you need to have millions to invest with us. In fact, we value every investor.

We are committed to a long-term philosophy that emphasizes quality and diversification. We make every effort to avoid investments that are likely to confuse or disappoint clients.

Our investment philosophy is characterized by what we won't do as much as by what we will do. We discourage investment representatives from selling any stock priced under $4 per share. We don't sell any options or commodities. And our research department typically provides research opinions only on companies that have long stable operating histories. We believe the smartest way to build wealth is to invest in a variety of quality companies that have solid track records and hold them for the long term.

We also discourage our clients from frequent trading - just one reason we don't offer online trading. It's been proven time and again that a long-term investment strategy is one of the soundest ways to help achieve financial goals.

And we don't believe in pushing investments just because they're trendy or someone says they're hot. We're committed to looking out for your best interests and helping you develop a plan that makes sense for your specific goals. And if your needs change over time, we'll work with you to help diversify and rebalance your portfolio accordingly.

Relationships are key, and in our view, meeting face to face builds strong relationships. Our offices are welcoming, accessible and located in the communities where our clients live and work.

At Edward Jones, we prefer to meet you face to face and maintain a personal relationship. We talk, we listen, and our goal is to always put you first.

We believe it's important to live and work in the same communities as our clients. It might not sound like a big deal, but we believe that by knowing the community, we can better understand your needs. When we live side by side and see you around town, we feel it makes us more connected and more accountable than someone you only know over the telephone.

Being in your neighborhood also means you can drop by if something is on your mind. We have an open-door policy. And because our offices are typically small and conveniently located, they're often more approachable.

Source: EdwardJones.com

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ShopKo's (SKO) Mission Statement

2005-07-07T10:39:00.000-07:00

You won't find a mission statement per se on ShopKo's website. However, you will find their Commitment to Customer Service and their Guiding Principles.

Committed to Customer Service

Our commitment to customer service is the cornerstone of our business. At the heart of our dedication are the Guiding Principles featured above. Central to our principles are three main themes:

Being a merchant-driven organization exceeding customer expectations in terms of assortment, service and value.

Trusting and empowering people to do their jobs and holding each other accountable.

Acting with integrity and high ethical standards…both inside and outside the company.

Guiding Principles

Exceed the expectations of external and internal customers

Trust and empower our co-workers

Be accountable for our conduct and decisions

Do business with integrity and honesty

Respect others

Make the most of our time and resources

Be financially responsible

Encourage and value individual thinking

Strive for continuous improvement

Be flexible

Communicate openly and challenge each other

Advocate diversity

Take prudent risks

Know our numbers

Be creative and not afraid to fail

Move quickly. Be decisive, not perfect

Support our communities

Celebrate and reward high performance

Have fun

Source: ShopKo.com

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Washington Mutual's (WM) Mission Statement

2005-07-07T09:23:00.000-07:00

Our Vision & Mission Vision:

Vision:

To be the nation's leading retailer of financial services for consumers and small businesses.

Mission:

To build strong, profitable relationships with a broad spectrum of consumers and businesses. We will do this by delivering products and services that offer great value and friendly service, and by adhering to our core values of being fair, caring, human, dynamic, and driven.

Our Core Values

Fair

Ethics of absolute fairness, honesty, and integrity guide everything we do.
Our actions match our words.

We balance the expectations and earn the trust of our customers, employees, communities and investors.

We offer our customers products and services which fit their needs and provide great value.

Caring

We ensure that every human interaction is caring, courteous, and respectful.

We expect leaders to make difficult decisions, and to carry them out in a way that allows all involved to maintain dignity.

We value and respect diversity of background, thought, and style and know they are a competitive advantage.

We speak candidly and listen openly.

Human

We are positive, energetic, and committed to achieving our objectives and living our values.

We celebrate our successes and learn from our failures.

We keep our egos in check and maintain a sense of humor.

We believe in the power of talented, committed individuals—working as a team—to make an extraordinary difference.

Dynamic

We are never satisfied with the status quo and know that we must continually reinvent our organization and ourselves.

We break down silos and bureaucracies in order to serve our customers efficiently as one company.

We continuously drive operational excellence to innovate our products, processes and services.

Driven

We are committed to excellence and the achievement of superior long-term returns for our shareholders.

We set high, measurable goals and hold ourselves accountable to achieve them.

We recognize that addressing challenges head-on is a requirement for success.

We benchmark from our customers' viewpoint and deliver what is most important to them.

We look both within and outside our industry to learn.

Source: Wamu.com

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Tribune Company's (TRB) Mission Statement

2005-07-06T12:09:00.000-07:00

Mission

Build businesses that inform and entertain our customers in the ways, places and at the times they want.

Values

Strong values have been part of Tribune since the company's founding in 1847. These are the eight fundamental principles that guide our actions every day:

Citizenship - Giving back to the communities in which we do business, as a company and as individuals, through philanthropy and civic involvement.

Customer Satisfaction - Building lasting and rewarding relationships with our customers through responsiveness, efficiency and quality.

Diversity - Valuing differences in ideas, people and cultures, and ensuring that our products and employees reflect the demographics of the communities we serve.

Employee Involvement - Improving performance by tapping the knowledge, imagination and energy of people throughout the organization.

Financial Strength - Creating long-term value for shareholders, customers and employees through effective growth strategies and efficient operations.

Innovation - Adding value for customers with creative new products and services, and being flexible in how we approach our work.

Integrity - Earning the trust of our customers by applying high ethical standards to our business operations and journalism every day.

Teamwork - Achieving our goals through sharing ideas and resources, focusing on the needs of customers and not organizational boundaries.

Source: Tribune.com

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Border's Group (BGP) Mission Statement

2005-07-05T11:04:00.000-07:00

Notice how on Borders' Values List, "Customer Service" is last.

Our Mission

Our mission is more than just a statement. Everything Borders Group sets out to achieve begins with the core values at the heart of our mission.

"To be the best-loved provider of books, music, movies, and other entertainment and informational products and services. To be the world leader in selection, service, innovation, ambiance, community involvement, and shareholder value. We recognize people to be the cornerstone of the Borders experience by building internal and external relationships, one person at a time."

Our Supporting Attributes

People: To regard our people as our highest priority. To reward initiative, dedication, results orientation, and contributions to continuous improvement.

Selection: To offer the best selection, based on the evolving needs of our customers, through an expert buying staff, superior inventory management, and state-of-the-art fulfillment systems.

Service: To provide the best service in the world to our external and internal customers through attentive, knowledgeable, expertly trained staff, and cutting-edge technology.

Innovation: To continually challenge the way we approach our business and serve our customers.

Ambiance: To create a convenient and comfortable setting that invites browsing, exploration, and fun.

Community involvement: To enrich our diverse customer communities, while respecting each community as unique.

Shareholder value: To maximize profits and balance near-term financial gains for all shareholders with long-term vision and growth strategies.

Our Values

Leadership

Results orientation

Respect

People development

A positive workplace

Customer service

Our Positioning

Borders celebrates the individual. It is a place to indulge tastes and needs, to explore and discover. It is not only what we offer—it is what we make possible.

Our Personality

Borders is genuine, accessible, energetic, spirited, vital, active, and a friend.

Our Promise

To uniquely know, connect, and relate to our customers and fulfill their needs.

Source: BordersGroupInc.com

Compare to: Barnes & Nobles' Mission Statement

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Gillette's (G) Mission Statement

2005-07-04T19:21:00.000-07:00

As of this writing, Gillette is in the process of being bought out by Proctor & Gamble.

The Gillette Company is a globally focused consumer products marketer that seeks competitive advantage in quality, value-added personal care and personal use products. We are committed to building shareholder value through sustained profitable growth.

VISION

The Gillette Company’s Vision is to build Total Brand Value by innovating to deliver consumer value and customer leadership faster, better and more completely than our competition. This Vision is supported by two fundamental principles that provide the foundation for all of our activities: Organizational Excellence and Core Values.

Attaining our Vision requires superior and continually improving performance in every area and at every level of the organization.

Our performance will be guided by a clear and concise strategic statement for each business unit and by an ongoing Quest for Excellence within all operational and staff functions.

This Quest for Excellence requires hiring, developing and retaining a diverse workforce of the highest caliber. To support this Quest, each function employs metrics to define, and implements processes to achieve, world-class status.

CORE VALUES

As we work toward our Vision, three core Values define the way we operate:

ACHIEVEMENT

We are dedicated to the highest standards of achievement in all areas of our business. We strive to consistently exceed the expectations of both external and internal customers.

INTEGRITY

Mutual respect and ethical behavior are the basis for our relationships with colleagues, customers and the community. Fair practice is the hallmark of the Company.

COLLABORATION

We work closely together as one global team to improve the way we do business every day. We communicate openly and establish clear accountability for making decisions, identifying issues and solutions, and maximizing business opportunities.

Source: Gillette.com

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Goldman Sachs (GS) Group's Mission Statement

2005-07-04T19:04:00.000-07:00

These 14 principles are the closest thing I could find to a mission statement.

Business Principles

1. Our clients' interests always come first. Our experience shows that if we serve our clients well, our own success will follow.

2. Our assets are our people, capital and reputation. If any of these is ever diminished, the last is the most difficult to restore. We are dedicated to complying fully with the letter and spirit of the laws, rules and ethical principles that govern us. Our continued success depends upon unswerving adherence to this standard.

3. Our goal is to provide superior returns to our shareholders. Profitability is critical to achieving superior returns, building our capital, and attracting and keeping our best people. Significant employee stock ownership aligns the interests of our employees and our shareholders.

4. We take great pride in the professional quality of our work. We have an uncompromising determination to achieve excellence in everything we undertake. Though we may be involved in a wide variety and heavy volume of activity, we would, if it came to a choice, rather be best than biggest.

5. We stress creativity and imagination in everything we do. While recognizing that the old way may still be the best way, we constantly strive to find a better solution to a client's problems. We pride ourselves on having pioneered many of the practices and techniques that have become standard in the industry.

6. We make an unusual effort to identify and recruit the very best person for every job. Although our activities are measured in billions of dollars, we select our people one by one. In a service business, we know that without the best people, we cannot be the best firm.

7. We offer our people the opportunity to move ahead more rapidly than is possible at most other places. Advancement depends on merit and we have yet to find the limits to the responsibility our best people are able to assume. For us to be successful, our men and women must reflect the diversity of the communities and cultures in which we operate. That means we must attract, retain and motivate people from many backgrounds and perspectives. Being diverse is not optional; it is what we must be.

8. We stress teamwork in everything we do. While individual creativity is always encouraged, we have found that team effort often produces the best results. We have no room for those who put their personal interests ahead of the interests of the firm and its clients.

9. The dedication of our people to the firm and the intense effort they give their jobs are greater than one finds in most other organizations. We think that this is an important part of our success.

10. We consider our size an asset that we try hard to preserve. We want to be big enough to undertake the largest project that any of our clients could contemplate, yet small enough to maintain the loyalty, the intimacy and the esprit de corps that we all treasure and that contribute greatly to our success.

11. We constantly strive to anticipate the rapidly changing needs of our clients and to develop new services to meet those needs. We know that the world of finance will not stand still and that complacency can lead to extinction.

12. We regularly receive confidential information as part of our normal client relationships. To breach a confidence or to use confidential information improperly or carelessly would be unthinkable.

13. Our business is highly competitive, and we aggressively seek to expand our client relationships. However, we must always be fair competitors and must never denigrate other firms.

14. Integrity and honesty are at the heart of our business. We expect our people to maintain high ethical standards in everything they do, both in their work for the firm and in their personal lives.

Source: GoldmanSachs.com

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Kraft Foods' (KFT) Mission Statement

2005-07-04T18:50:00.000-07:00

Our Vision...
Helping People Around the World Eat and Live Better

Our vision captures the essence of who we are. Everything we do flows from our vision. We just don't happen to be a business that sells food – it's what we're all about. Our vision is about meeting consumers' needs and making food an easier, healthier, more enjoyable part of life.

Our vision tells the world – our employees, customers, consumers and the communities where we make and sell our products – what we care about. It captures the importance of health and wellness, but it also embodies all the ways we can eat and live better, such as the enjoyment of a dessert, the convenience of a microwave meal, the safety and value of our products and the services and solutions we provide.

Our Values...

Innovation – Satisfying real-life needs with unique ideas
Quality – Fulfilling a promise to deliver the best
Safety – Ensuring high standards in everything we make
Respect – Caring for people, communities and the environment
Integrity – Doing the right thing
Openness – Listening to the ideas of others and encouraging an open dialogue

These six values are what we stand for, the standard of conduct we hold ourselves to and our commitment to the people who work with us, invest in us, and purchase our products. They plainly communicate what the world can expect of Kraft and what we must expect of ourselves.

Source: Kraft.com

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Panera Bread's (PNRA) Mission Statement

2005-07-02T20:58:00.000-07:00

This is not listed as their mission statement but I think it is appropriate to call it one. I really like this one.

We are bakers of bread.
We are fresh from the oven.
We are a symbol of warmth and welcome.
We are a simple pleasure, honest and genuine.
We are a life story told over dinner.
We are a long lunch with an old friend.
We are your weekday morning ritual.
We are the soft doughy insides and the crunchy crust.
We are the kindest gesture of neighbors.

We are home. We are family. We are friends.

We are Panera.

Source: PaneraBread.com

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Knight Ridder's (KRI) Mission Statement

2005-07-02T20:48:00.000-07:00

VISION

With technology enabling a constant flow of new products and services, and consumers demanding ever-increasing value, Knight Ridder will be pre-eminent in news, information and advertising in its markets. We will do this by developing our own high value products and services to complement our traditional businesses. In our markets, we will grow reader and advertising share every year; we will reach a majority of adults every day; and we will have the dominant share of local online consumer and advertiser business. We will grow revenue, profit and economic value added.

VALUES

Our historic mission, to inform our communities, is a privilege, responsibility and source of competitive strength. We will be worthy of its First Amendment protection. Our commitment to our customers and to the people of Knight Ridder is fundamental to our success. We will reflect the diversity of the audiences we serve, including viewpoints and cultures, in our content and in our work forces.

THE KNIGHT RIDDER PROMISE

To assure that Knight Ridder remains a landmark company whose social contributions and corporate prosperity withstand the test of time, we are pledged to provide enduring value to our customers, people, shareholders and communities. Our future rests with all of you.

Therefore, we make these promises...

To our customers...
We promise to be passionate about serving you. To our readers, we promise content that matters to your daily lives - honest, fair, interesting and useful news, information and advertising. To our advertisers, we promise reach and results to help you succeed.

To our people...
We promise to help you develop, to show you respect, to reward you fairly, to provide a workplace in which individual differences are valued. We promise the opportunity to contribute to an ennobling enterprise that is dedicated to preserving the vigor of our democracy.

To our shareholders...
We promise an attractive return that is competitive with peer companies, and a commitment to sound financial practices, consistent economic growth and innovative responses to market opportunities.

To our communities...
We promise to foster economic and social health through good citizenship, through volunteer and financial support for causes that enhance the community’s quality of life, and by providing valuable news, information and advertising to the citizens we serve.

Source: Knight-Ridder.com

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Medtronic's (MDT) Mission Statement

2005-07-02T10:23:00.000-07:00

Mission

To contribute to human welfare by application of biomedical engineering in the research, design, manufacture, and sale of instruments or appliances that alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life.

To direct our growth in the areas of biomedical engineering where we display maximum strength and ability; to gather people and facilities that tend to augment these areas; to continuously build on these areas through education and knowledge assimilation; to avoid participation in areas where we cannot make unique and worthy contributions.

To strive without reserve for the greatest possible reliability and quality in our products; to be the unsurpassed standard of comparison and to be recognized as a company of dedication, honesty, integrity, and service.

To make a fair profit on current operations to meet our obligations, sustain our growth, and reach our goals.

To recognize the personal worth of employees by providing an employment framework that allows personal satisfaction in work accomplished, security, advancement opportunity, and means to share in the company's success.

To maintain good citizenship as a company.

Source: Medtronic.com

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Progressive's (PGR) Mission Statement

2005-07-02T09:57:00.000-07:00

Progressive has a Values Statement rather than a mission statement.

Our Values

Progressive's Core Values are pragmatic statements of what works best for us in the real world and they govern our decisions and behavior.

Integrity

We revere honesty. We adhere to the highest ethical standards, provide timely, accurate and complete financial reporting, encourage disclosing bad news and welcome disagreement.

Golden Rule

We respect all people, value the differences among them and deal with them in the way we want to be dealt with. This requires us to know ourselves and to try to understand others.

Objectives

We strive to communicate clearly Progressive's ambitious objectives and our people's personal and team objectives. We evaluate performance against all these objectives.

Excellence

We strive constantly to improve in order to meet and exceed the highest expectations of our customers, shareholders and people. We teach and encourage our people to improve performance and to reduce the costs of what they do for customers. We base their rewards on results and promotion on ability.

Profit

The opportunity to earn a profit is how the competitive free-enterprise system motivates investment to enhance human health and happiness. Expanding profits reflect our customers' and claimants' increasingly positive view of Progressive.

Source: Progressive.com

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Bank of New York's (BNY) Mission Statement

2005-07-02T09:10:00.000-07:00

Bank of New York has a Vision & Values Statement rather than a mission statement.

Our Vision and our Values guide us in creating an environment where our clients' expectations and our shared, enduring values drive the decisions and behavior of our entire organization.

OUR VISION

We strive to be the
acknowledged global leader and preferred partner
in helping our clients succeed in the
world's rapidly evolving financial markets.
Our vision statement reflects the enduring strategy that has guided our efforts in recent years and our optimism about our future potential. The statement challenges us to grow, and it makes vital promises to our clients -- namely, that we will strive to be:

The acknowledged global leader, taking a proactive role in shaping the development of our industry -- prepared to initiate and respond to change where it stands to benefit our clients and our Company.

Our clients' preferred partner, offering a collaborative approach to solving client needs to our mutual benefit.

OUR VALUES

These values are at the core of The Bank of New York brand.

Integrity

We practice the highest standard of personal and corporate ethics in all our interactions, continually strengthening our heritage of building relationships through honesty, trustworthiness and reliability.

Respect

We respect the unique contributions of every employee, valuing the diversity of their experiences, ideas and initiatives. We ensure that everyone has the opportunity to learn and contribute to the company in a way that enriches both their personal and professional development.

Personal Responsibility

We believe that it is our personal responsibility to grow and create value for The Bank of New York. As a result, we each take ownership for and pride in enhancing the company's performance and reputation among clients, shareholders and the communities we serve.

Teamwork

We become stronger as an organization through teamwork with our associates from all of our business areas. We support and reward innovative thinking and collaboration that achieves our mutual goal of building a successful company.

Excellence

We are committed to upholding the highest standards of professionalism and performance. We measure success by our ability to anticipate, create and implement inventive solutions that help our clients achieve their objectives.

Source: BankofNewYork.com

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Ritz-Carlton's Mission Statement

2005-07-01T12:35:00.000-07:00

This is by far the best mission statement I have found. The following is a great example of why Ritz-Carlton is one of the best hotel chains in the world. As you will see, it is much, much more than just a mission statement.

THE CREDO

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel is a
place where the genuine care
and comfort of our guests is
our highest mission.

We pledge to provide the finest
personal service and facilities
for our guests who will always
enjoy a warm, relaxed, yet
refined ambience.

The Ritz-Carlton experience
enlivens the senses, instills
well-being, and fulfills even
the unexpressed wishes
and needs of our guests.

MOTTO

At The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C., "We are ladies and gentlemen serving ladies and gentlemen." This motto exemplifies the anticipatory service provided by all staff members.

THREE STEPS OF SERVICE

1. A warm and sincere greeting. Use the guest name, if and when possible.

2. Anticipation and compliance with guest needs.

3. Fond farewell. Give them a warm good-bye and use their names, if and when possible.

20 BASICS

1. The Credo is the principal belief of our Company. It must be known, owned and energized by all.

2. Our Motto is "We are Ladies and Gentlemen serving Ladies and Gentlemen." As service professionals, we treat our guests and each other with respect and dignity.

3. The Three Steps of Service are the foundation of Ritz-Carlton hospitality. These steps must be used in every interaction to ensure satisfaction, retention and loyalty.

4. The Employee Promise is the basis for our Ritz-Carlton work environment. It will be honored by all employees.

5. All employees will successfully complete annual Training Certification for their position.

6. Company objectives are communicated to all employees. It is everyone's responsibility to support them.

7. To create pride and joy in the workplace, all employees have the right to be involved in the planning of the work that affects them.

8. Each employee will continuously identify defects (MR BIV) throughout the Hotel.

9. It is the responsibility of each employee to create a work environment of teamwork and lateral service so that the needs of our guests and each other are met.

10. Each employee is empowered. For example, when a guest has a problem or needs something special you should break away from your regular duties, address and resolve the issue.

11. Uncompromising levels of cleanliness are the responsibility of every employee.

12. To provide the finest personal service for our guests, each employee is responsible for identifying and recording individual guest preferences.

13. Never lose a guest. Instant guest pacification is the responsibility of each employee. Whoever receives a complaint will own it, resolve it to the guest's satisfaction and record it.

14. "Smile - we are on stage." Always maintain positive eye contact. Use the proper vocabulary with our guests. (Use words like - "Good Morning," "Certainly," "I'll be happy to," and "My pleasure.")

15. Be an ambassador of your Hotel in and outside of the work place. Always talk positively. Communicate any concerns to the appropriate person.

16. Escort guests rather than pointing out directions to another area of the Hotel.

17. Use Ritz-Carlton telephone etiquette. Answer within three rings and with a "smile." Use the guest's name when possible. When necessary, ask the caller "May I place you on hold?" Do not screen calls. Eliminate call transfers whenever possible. Adhere to voice mail standards.

18. Take pride in and care of your personal appearance. Everyone is responsible for conveying a professional image by adhering to Ritz-Carlton clothing and grooming standards.

19. Think safety first. Each employee is responsible for creating a safe, secure and accident free environment for all guests and each other. Be aware of all fire and safety emergency procedures and report security risks immediately.

20. Protecting the assets of a Ritz-Carlton Hotel is the responsibility of every employee. Conserve energy, properly maintain our hotels and protect the environment.

THE EMPLOYEE PROMISE

At The Ritz-Carlton, our Ladies & Gentlemen are the most important resource in our service commitment to our guests.

By applying the principles of trust, honesty, respect, integrity and commitment, we nurture and maximize talent to the benefit of each individual and the company.

The Ritz-Carlton fosters a work environment where diversity is valued, quality of life is enhanced, individual aspirations are fulfilled, and The Ritz-Carlton mystique is strengthened.

Source: Ritz-Carlton.com

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Avaya's (AV) Mission Statement

2005-07-01T08:51:00.000-07:00

Avaya Mission Statement

Provide the world's best communications solutions that enable businesses to excel

Customer Value.We deliver unparalleled value to our customers.

Only by serving our customers well do we justify our existence as a business.

We view our success as dependent on our customers' success, both now and in the future.

Accountability. We keep our commitments to our stakeholders.

We earn the confidence of our stakeholders by acting with integrity and behaving ethically.

We do what we say we will do.

Diversity. Our value as a company is realized by recognizing the value of each individual.

We embrace diversity as a competitive advantage essential to our success.

We are a global company in every sense - geographically, strategically and culturally.

Innovation. We embrace change, for ourselves and for our customers and partners.

We foster creativity, innovation and risk-taking that will enhance shareholder value and improve our customers' businesses and our own.

We use technology as a strategic tool.

Velocity. We win by combining speed and direction.

Our sense of urgency is manifested in timely, customer-focused execution.

We understand that the best decisions balance thoughtfulness and speed.

Source: Avaya.com

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Avnet's (AVT) Mission Statement

2005-06-30T20:23:00.000-07:00

Our Vision

In line with the company's vision statement, Avnet will deliver the highest value to our customers, suppliers, employees and shareholders as the premier technology marketing, distribution and services company, globally. The 21st century is sure to bring more innovation, new services and newer technology, thus new products and services to sell. Avnet will continue to shape and lead the markets in which it chooses to compete.

Our Brand

A brand is more than a phrase, more than a product or service, more than a relationship.

It is a unique, compelling and credible promise that drives positive customer, supplier, investor and employee attitudes, beliefs and behavior and builds a dominant mind-share position.
A tagline is part of that brand, the phrase that a reader instantly associates with a company's products or services.

At Avnet, we enable our customers' and suppliers' success by saving them money or helping them grow faster, both of which increase their profits. And, from the electronic components that feed the supply chain, to the subsystem building blocks that reduce time to market, to the value-added mid-range computing products space, we are a market leader at the center of the technology industry, serving not only traditional customers and suppliers, but original equipment manufacturers, contract manufacturers and others, as well.

Core Values

Our core values in order of importance.

1. INTEGRITY

We demonstrate honesty, respect for others and trustworthiness in all we do.

2. CUSTOMER SERVICE

We continuously seek to improve each customer's experience by listening and striving to exceed our commitments.

3. ACCOUNTABILITY

We each take personal responsibility for our commitments, actions and results.

4. TEAMWORK

We work together to accelerate Avnet's success.

5. INNOVATION

We adapt to and create change in pursuit of our success.

Source: Avnet.com

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Archer Daniels Midland's (ADM) Mission Statement

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ADM Mission: To unlock the potential of nature to improve the quality of life.

The implementation of our mission statement is evident in virtually every area of Archer Daniels Midland Company. Our agricultural products, from grain and food ingredients to animal feeds and supplements, are processed to actualize their greatest nutritional and economic potential.

We create products that help satisfy global nutrition needs, such as low-cost quality protein isolates. ADM ethanol production reduces emissions as well as reliance on petroleum-based fuels. ADM also makes the food we all enjoy more available and affordable, enhancing the quality of life.

ADM Mission

To unlock the potential of nature to improve the quality of life.

What We Believe

Our most valuable assets are our people and our customers.

Responsible corporate governance delivers value for our shareholders.

Agriculture is the key to sustainable global growth.

In an innovative, entrepreneurial environment that empowers great ideas.

In the creativity to see, the freedom to develop and the capacity to act.

In profound respect for our environment.

In integrity and responsiveness in all our interactions.

Source: ADMWorld.com

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Heinz's (HNZ) Mission Statement

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Heinz has a vision statement rather than a mission statement.

VISION

Our VISION, quite simply, is to be "THE WORLD'S PREMIER FOOD COMPANY, OFFERING NUTRITIOUS, SUPERIOR TASTING FOODS TO PEOPLE EVERYWHERE." Being the premier food company does not mean being the biggest but it does mean being the best in terms of consumer value, customer service, employee talent, and consistent and predictable growth. We are well on our way to realizing this Vision but there is more we must do to fully achieve it.

VALUES

Our vision will be supported by our VALUES, which define to the world and ourselves who we are and what we stand for. Heinz has a proud tradition of Pure Foods, Quality and Good Stewardship. To help you better understand these values, we are building on the articulation crafted by Heinz Europe, which has successfully incorporated these and other important values under the acronym of PREMIER.

PREMIER VALUES:

Passion . . . to be passionate about winning and about our brands, products and people, thereby delivering superior value to our shareholders.

Risk Tolerance . . . to create a culture where entrepreneurship and prudent risk taking are encouraged and rewarded.

Excellence . . . to be the best in quality and in everything we do.

Motivation . . . to celebrate success, recognizing and rewarding the achievements of individuals and teams.

Innovation . . . to innovate in everything, from products to processes.

Empowerment . . . to empower our talented people to take the initiative and to do what's right.

Respect . . . to act with integrity and respect towards all.

Source: Heinz.com

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Blogger Mission Statements - No. 2

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Adam at Sophistpundit has this mission:

What is Sophistpundit?

Sophistpundit is one of the many blogs that sprung up around the time of the 2004 elections in the United States, because its author found that blogging helped him to keep his facts straight more than anything else.

“Sophist” is a tribute to the Greek Sophists; hated by Plato and considered therefore to have lost the debate of history. It is the belief of this author that their perspective was far more democratic than Plato’s elitism as well as the elitism of those he has inspired throughout history. A great deal of the writing on Sophistpundit will be dedicated to the principles of democracy, its theory and the nations that put those principles into practice.

“Pundit” is a tribute to Glenn Reynolds, a.k.a. the Instapundit, a.k.a. the blogfather. While Instapundit isn’t the model for Sophistpundit, the latter’s author has learned a lot from the blogfather’s style.

So what is Sophistpundit? What does it offer to set it apart from the vast sea of blogs out there?

Sophistpundit presents a perspective. The author has watched, with millions of others, as blogging has democratized the way information is exchanged, and democratization has become something of a passion for him. He wants to see the principles of democracy applied not only at the national level, but at the state and local level, and in the courts, as well as in every day conversation. This means respecting and trying to understand all other points of view, while pursuing the advancement of your own through honest and open discussion.

Sophistpundit is an extension of its author. Like its author, it has its quirks—it can go from rapid-fire blogging one week to relatively slow blogging the next. It can go from a series of posts that serve only to link its readers elsewhere to long dissertations on matters of ideology. And if a short story or a poem pop in every now or then, the author asks for your patience—sometimes he simply needs to indulge his creative juices.

Sophistpundit can provide news and information that you might not find elsewhere—but using Sophistpundit as your main source of information is highly discouraged. Using it in conjunction with multiple other sources, however, could be to your benefit.

Sophistpundit is what you take away from it—as a fellow philosopher, writer, citizen, or human being. All perspectives are welcome here, and the author strongly encourages disagreement.

Source: Sophistpundit

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