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Sta tement on thePurposeofa Corporation
Americansdeserveaneconomythatallowseachpersontosucceedthroughhardworkandcreativity
andtoleadalifeofmeaninganddignity.Webelievethefree-marketsystemisthebestmeansof
generatinggoodjobs,astrongandsustainableeconomy,innovation,ahealthyenvironmentand
economicopportunityforall.
Businessesplayavitalroleintheeconomybycreatingjobs,fosteringinnovationandproviding
essentialgoodsandservices.Businessesmakeandsellconsumerproducts;manufactureequipment
andvehicles;supportthenationaldefense;growandproducefood;providehealthcare;generate
anddeliverenergy;andofferfinancial,communicationsandotherservicesthatunderpineconomic
growth.
Whileeachofourindividualcompaniesservesitsowncorporatepurpose,weshareafundamental
commitmenttoallofourstakeholders.Wecommitto:
- Deliveringvaluetoourcustomers.WewillfurtherthetraditionofAmericancompanies
leadingthewayinmeetingorexceedingcustomerexpectations. - Investinginouremployees.Thisstartswithcompensatingthemfairlyandprovidingimportant
benefits.Italsoincludessupportingthemthroughtrainingandeducationthathelpdevelop
newskillsforarapidlychangingworld.Wefosterdiversityandinclusion,dignityandrespect. - Dealingfairlyandethicallywithoursuppliers.Wearededicatedtoservingasgoodpartnersto
theothercompanies,largeandsmall,thathelpusmeetourmissions. - Supportingthecommunitiesinwhichwework.Werespectthepeopleinourcommunities
andprotecttheenvironmentbyembracingsustainablepracticesacrossourbusinesses. - Generatinglong-termvalueforshareholders,whoprovidethecapitalthatallowscompanies
toinvest,growandinnovate.Wearecommittedtotransparencyandeffectiveengagement
withshareholders.
Eachofourstakeholdersisessential.Wecommittodelivervaluetoallofthem,forthefuturesuccess
ofourcompanies,ourcommunitiesandourcountry.
August
KevinJ.WheelerPresident&ChiefExecutive
OfficerA.O.SmithCorporation
MilesD.WhiteChairmanandChief
ExecutiveOfficerAbbott
JulieSweetChiefExecutiveOfficer
DesignateAccenture
CarlosRodriguezPresidentandCEO
ADP
MikeBurkeChairmanandCEO
AECOM
AndrésGluskiPresidentandCEO
TheAESCorporation
DanielP.AmosChairmanandCEO
Aflac
RogerK.NewportChiefExecutiveOfficer
AKSteelCorporation
BrentSaundersChairmanandCEO
Allerganplc
JohnO.LarsenChairman,President&CEO
AlliantEnergy
LeeStyslinger,IIIChairman&CEO
Altec,Inc.
JeffreyP.BezosFounderandChiefExecutive
OfficerAmazon
DougParkerChairman&CEO
AmericanAirlines
NicholasK.AkinsChairman,PresidentandCEO
AmericanElectricPower
StephenJ.SqueriChairmanandCEO
AmericanExpress
JamesD.TaicletChairman,PresidentandCEO
AmericanTowerCorporation
JamesM.CracchioloChairmanandChief
ExecutiveOfficerAmeripriseFinancial
GailKoziaraBoudreauxPresidentandCEO
Anthem,Inc.
Hal YohChair and CEO
Day & Zimmermann
Michael S. DellChairman and CEO
Dell Technologies
Punit Renjen*Global CEO
Deloie
Jim FiChief Execuerlinge Officer
Dow
LynnChairman, President & CEOGood
Duke Energy
JM LawrieChairman, President, and CEO
DXC Technology
Mark J. CostaChairman and CEO
Eastman Chemical Company
Craig ArnoldChairman and CEO
EATON
Pedro J. PizarroPresident & CEO
Edison Internaonal
DaChairman and CEOrren W. Woods
Exxon Mobil Corporaon
CGlobal Chairman & CEOarmine Di Sibio
EY
Frederick W. SmithChairman & CEO
FedEx Corpora
Gary NorcrossChairman, President & CEO
FIS
Revathi Advaithi
Chief ExecuFlex e Officer
CChief Execuarlos M. Hernandeze Officer
Fluor Corporaon
JamesPresident and CEOP. Hack
FordMotor Company
Lachlan K. MurdochExecu Chairman & CEO
Fox Corporaon
RicVice Chairman, President andhard C. Adkerson
Chief ExecuFreeport-McMoRan Inc.e Officer
AjayBangaPresident&CEO
Mastercard
LawrenceE.KurziusChairman,PresidentandCEO
McCormickandCompany,Inc.
BrianTylerChiefExecutiveOfficer
McKessonCorporation
OmarIshrakChairman&CEO
Medtronicplc
MichelKhalafPresident&ChiefExecutive
OfficerMetLife
SanjayMehrotraPresident&CEO
MicronTechnology
KenMoelisChairman&CEO
Moelis&Company
JamesP.GormanChairman&CEO
MorganStanley
GregBrownChairman&CEO
MotorolaSolutions
AdenaT.FriedmanPresidentandCEO
Nasdaq
ThomasC.NelsonChairman,President&CEO
NationalGypsumCompany
TedMathasChairman,PresidentandCEO
NewYorkLifeInsuranceCo.
DavidL.Stover
ChairmanandCEONobleEnergy,Inc.
KathyWardenChairman,ChiefExecutive
OfficerandPresidentNorthropGrummanCorporation
SteveFisherPresident&CEO
Novelis
MauricioGutierrezPresident&CEO
NRGEnergy,Inc.
SafraCatzCEO
Oracle
BrianChambersPresidentandChiefExecutive
OfficerOwensCorning
David AbneyChairman and Chief
Execu!ve OfficerUPS
Stuart ParkerCEO
USAA
Mor!mer J. BuckleyChairman & CEO
Vanguard
Sco# G. StephensonChairman, President and
Chief Execu!ve OfficerVerisk Analy!cs
Alfred F. Kelly, Jr.Chairman and Chief
Execu!ve OfficerVisa Inc.
Robert F. SmithFounder, Chairman and CEO
Vista Equity Partners
Curt MorganPresident & CEO
Vistra Energy
Stefano PessinaExecu!ve Vice Chairman
and CEOWalgreens Boots Alliance
Doug McMillonPresident and CEO
Walmart, Inc.
John J. EngelChairman, President and CEO
WESCO Interna!onal, Inc.
John F. Barre#Chairman, President & CEO
Western & SouthernFinancial Group
Hikmet ErsekChief Execu!ve Officer
Western Union
Marc Bitzer*Chairman and Chief
Execu!ve OfficerWhirlpool Corpora!on
Abidali Z. NeemuchwalaCEO & Managing Director
Wipro Limited
Michael J. KasbarChairman, President and CEO
World Fuel ServicesCorpora!on
GregCaseCEO
Aon
TimCookCEO
Apple
EricFossChairman,President&CEO
Aramark
AlanB.ColbergPresidentandCEO
Assurant
RandallStephensonChairmanandChief
ExecutiveOfficerAT&TInc.
JohnA.HayesChairman,PresidentandCEO
BallCorporation
BrianMoynihanChairmanandCEO
BankofAmerica
José(Joe)E.AlmeidaChairman,Presidentand
ChiefExecutiveOfficerBaxterInternationalInc.
PhilipBlakePresidentBayerUSA
BayerUSA
JoeDavisChairman,NorthAmerica
BCG
BrendanP.BechtelChairman&CEO
BechtelGroup,Inc.
CorieBarryChiefExecutiveOfficer
BestBuyCo.,Inc.
LaurenceD.FinkChairmanandChief
ExecutiveOfficerBlackRock,Inc.
CharlesW.ScharfChairman&CEO
BNYMellon
DennisA.MuilenburgChairman,President&CEO
TheBoeingCompany
FrédéricB.LissaldePresidentandChiefExecutive
OfficerBorgWarnerInc.
RobertDudleyGroupCEO
BPplc
GiovanniCaforioChairmanandChief
ExecutiveOfficerBristol-MyersSquibb
PhebeNovakovicChairmanandCEO
GeneralDynamicsCorporation
MaryBarraChairman&CEO
GeneralMotorsCompany
DavidM.SolomonChairmanandChief
ExecutiveOfficerTheGoldmanSachsGroup,Inc.
DeannaM.MulliganPresidentandCEO
GuardianLifeInsuranceCompanyofAmerica
GeraldW.EvansCEO
HanesbrandsInc.
DineshC.PaliwalPresidentandChiefExecutive
OfficerHARMANInternational
StevenR.SwartzPresidentandCEO
HEARSTCorporation
CraigMenearChairman,CEOandPresident
TheHomeDepot
DariusAdamczykChairmanandCEO
Honeywell
MikePetters
PresidentandChiefExecutiveOfficer
HuntingtonIngallsIndustries
GinniRomettyChairman,President,and
ChiefExecutiveOfficerIBMCorporation
CharlesPhillipsChiefExecutiveOfficer
Infor
MarkS.SuttonChairmanandCEO
InternationalPaperCo.
MichaelI.RothChairmanandChief
ExecutiveOfficerInterpublicGroup
LindaH.ApseyPresident&CEO
ITCHoldingsCorp.
SteveDemetriouChairandCEO
Jacobs
SamuelR.AllenChairmanandCEO
JohnDeere
AlexGorskyChairmanoftheBoardand
ChiefExecutiveOfficerJohnson&Johnson
RamonLaguartaChairmanandCEO
PepsiCo
Dr.AlbertBourlaChiefExecutiveOfficer
PfizerInc.
GregC.GarlandChairmanandCEO
Phillips
MarcB.LautenbachPresidentandChiefExecutive
OfficerPitneyBowes
DanielJ.HoustonChairman,PresidentandCEO
Principal
DavidS.TaylorChairmanoftheBoard,
PresidentandChiefExecutiveOfficer
TheProcter&GambleCompany
TriciaGriffithPresident&CEO
ProgressiveCorporation
BobMoritzChairman
PwC
SteveMollenkopfChiefExecutiveOfficer
QualcommIncorporated
EarlC.Austin,Jr.PresidentandChiefExecutive
OfficerQuantaServices
ThomasA.KennedyChairman&CEO
RaytheonCompany
BlakeD.MoretChairmanandChief
ExecutiveOfficerRockwellAutomation
DouglasL.PetersonPresidentandCEO
S&PGlobal
KeithBlockCo-CEO
Salesforce
BillMcDermottChiefExecutiveOfficer
SAP
JimGoodnightCEO
SASInstitute
TamaraL.Lundgren
PresidentandChiefExecutiveOfficer
SchnitzerSteelIndustries,Inc.
JeffreyW.MartinChairman&CEO
SempraEnergy
JimKavanaughCEO
WorldWideTechnology
JohnVisentinViceChairmanandChief
ExecutiveOfficerXeroxCorporation
PatrickDeckerPresidentandCEO
XylemInc.
AndersGustafssonChiefExecutiveOfficer
ZebraTechnologiesCorporation
MichaelRomanChairmanoftheBoardand
ChiefExecutiveOfficer3M
MauriceR.GreenbergChairmanandCEO
C.V.Starr&Co.,Inc.
KewsongLeeCo-ChiefExecutiveOfficer
TheCarlyleGroup
D.JamesUmplebyIIIChairmanandChief
ExecutiveOfficerCaterpillar,Inc.
RobertE.SulenticPresident&CEO
CBREGroup,Inc.
W.AnthonyWillPresident&ChiefExecutive
OfficerCFIndustries
MichaelK.WirthChairmanandChief
ExecutiveOfficerChevronCorporation
EvanG.GreenbergChairman&CEO
Chubb
DavidM.CordaniPresidentandChiefExecutive
OfficerCigna
ChuckRobbinsChairmanandCEO
CiscoSystems,Inc.
MichaelL.CorbatChiefExecutiveOfficer
Citigroup,Inc.
HubertusM.M"hlh!userChiefExecutiveOfficer
CNHIndustrial
JamesQuinceyChairmanandChief
ExecutiveOfficerTheCoca-ColaCompany
BrianHumphriesChiefExecutiveOfficer
Cognizant
BrianL.RobertsChairman&CEO
ComcastCorporation
RyanM.LanceChairman&CEO
ConocoPhillipsCompany
WendellP.WeeksChairman,ChiefExecutive
Officer&PresidentCorningIncorporated
TomLinebargerChairmanandCEO
CumminsInc.
LarryMerloPresident&CEO
CVSHealth
GeorgeR.OliverChairmanandCEO
JohnsonControls
JamieDimonChairmanandCEO
JPMorganChase&Co.
BethE.Mooney
Chairman&CEOKeyCorp
BruceE.GrewcockCEOandChairmanofthe
BoardKiewitCorporation
LynneM.DoughtieChairmanandCEO
KPMGLLP
WilliamM.BrownChairman&ChiefExecutive
OfficerL3HarrisTechnologies,Inc.
BethE.FordPresidentandCEO
LandO'Lakes,Inc.
RogerA.KroneChairmanandChief
ExecutiveOfficerLeidos
StuartMillerExecutiveChairman
LennarCorporation
MarillynA.HewsonChairman,PresidentandCEO
LockheedMartinCorporation
BhaveshV.(Bob)PatelChiefExecutiveOfficer
LyondellBasellIndustries
JeffGennetteChairman&ChiefExecutive
OfficerMacy’s,Inc.
MarkTrudeauPresidentandCEO
MallinckrodtPharmaceuticals
LeeM.TillmanChairman,PresidentandCEO
MarathonOilCorporation
GaryR.HemingerChairmanandCEO
MarathonPetroleumCorporation
ArneM.SorensonPresidentandChiefExecutiveOfficer
MarriottInternational,Inc.
RogerW.CrandallChairman,President&Chief
ExecutiveOfficerMassMutual
LisaDavisCEO
SiemensCorporationUSA
EgonDurbanSilverLake
ThomasA.FanningChairman,PresidentandCEO
SouthernCompany
JamesM.LoreePresident&ChiefExecutive
OfficerStanleyBlack&Decker
JamesP.KeanePresidentandCEO
SteelcaseInc.
KevinLoboChairman&CEO
Stryker
JohnF.FishChairman&CEO
Suffolk
BrianCornellChairman&CEO
Target
RussellK.Girling
PresidentandChiefExecutiveOfficer
TCEnergy
LeRoyT.Carlson,Jr.CEO
Telephone&DataSystems,Inc.
RichardK.TempletonChairman,Presidentand
ChiefExecutiveOfficerTexasInstrumentsIncorporated
RobSpeyerPresident&CEO
TishmanSpeyer
AlanD.SchnitzerChairmanandChief
ExecutiveOfficerTheTravelersCompaniesInc.
M.TroyWoodsChairman,President&CEO
TSYS
PeterJ.DavorenPresident&CEO
TurnerConstructionCo.
LanceM.FritzChairman,President&CEO
UnionPacific
OscarMunozChiefExecutiveOfficer
UnitedAirlines
GregoryJ.HayesChairman&CEO
UnitedTechnologiesCorporation
ON BEHALF OF EVERY PERSON IN EVERY COMMUNIT Y FOR WHOM WE FIGHT,
THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING YOUR ULTIMATE PURPOSE. WE SHARE IT.
*United Way Worldwide board members
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