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Corporate responsibility at GSK

Corporate Responsibility Report 2008

Corporate responsibility at GSK

Corporate responsibility (CR) is central to our business.

We aim to operate in a way that reflects our values, to understand and respond to stakeholder views and to connect business decisions to ethical, social and environmental concerns. We seek to minimise the negative impacts and maximise the benefits of our business.

Read a message from our CEO on the importance of CR at GSK.

Every GSK employee is responsible for upholding our values and maintaining high ethical standards. Our Corporate Responsibility Principles define our approach to our key responsibility issues and provide guidance for employees on the standards to which the company is committed. We communicate with our people to underline our commitment to corporate responsibility and to update them on our progress.

We also engage with our external stakeholders – including healthcare professionals, investors, patients, non-governmental organisations, local communities and suppliers – to identify key issues and to gain feedback on our approach to corporate responsibility.

Our business makes a valuable contribution to society through the medicines and vaccines we produce which improve people’s lives. However, we know that the research and development, manufacture and sale of medicines and vaccines raise ethical issues. Consequently, the pharmaceutical industry is subject to a high level of public scrutiny and sometimes critical media coverage.

We aim for the highest ethical standards and we regularly report on our progress. This is essential for maintaining good relationships with our stakeholders, achieving the goals of our strategic priorities and ensuring the future sustainability of our business. It also supports our inclusion in key sustainability indices such as the FTSE4Good index and Dow Jones Sustainability Index. See how we scored in industry and investor benchmarks.

Our Corporate Responsibility Principles define our approach to our key responsibility issues and provide guidance for employees on the standards to which the company is committed.

Read about our management structures and processes for advancing progress on our CR Principles.