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This excerpt taken from the ELN 6-K filed Mar 30, 2009. Community
We strive to make a tangible contribution to the communities in
which we operate, to the wider society and to fulfil our
ethical, social and governance responsibilities, as expected by
our diverse stakeholder base.
We recognise our responsibility as a public company with shares
traded on the Irish, London and New York stock exchanges and are
committed to the adoption and maintenance of the highest
standards of corporate governance and compliance. Further
information on our corporate governance standards and activities
are set out in our Corporate Governance Statement on pages 92 to
96 of this Annual Report.
We have nurtured a culture of employees giving their time and
effort to their communities, and we strive to model that
behaviour at the corporate level. As part of this culture we
have placed a firm focus on causes that run closest to our
clinical and scientific goals, supporting employees who donate
their time and effort to causes at a personal or local level,
and, when appropriate, bridging the two. For example, in 2008,
we supported a fund-raising effort initiated by a number of our
South San Francisco-based scientists with close personal
ties to those affected by the devastating earthquake in the Si
Chuan province of China.
We are a member of the Business in the Community Initiative
Ireland, which is chaired by Elan board member Kieran McGowan.
Our objective in engaging with this initiative is to develop a
corporate responsibility strategy on community and environmental
issues as they relate to us and use our unique competencies and
specialist knowledge to make a difference in Ireland and all the
communities in which we operate.
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