Governance & Ethics

Drawing on the experience and expertise of employees across Cisco, we promote responsible business practices at every level of the company. We strive to conduct business ethically, honestly, and in accordance with our Code of Business Conduct and we expect all partners to meet our high ethical standards. The message for each employee is clear: any success that is not achieved ethically is no success at all. 

A Cisco training program in Beijing, China helps employees make good decisions, resolve issues they face every day, and work with integrity and honesty.

We design our corporate governance policies to foster ethical conduct and comply with regulatory requirements and applicable laws for publicly listed companies. We implement practices that help manage the risks to which we are exposed and we align risk-taking appropriately with efforts to increase shareholder value.

We manage our CSR activities by engaging internal and external stakeholders, and many global frameworks inform and guide our efforts, including the Clinton Global Initiative and the World Economic Forum. Privacy and data protection, human rights, and freedom of access to information are among the concerns to which we direct our attention through working groups and operating committees.