Community Involvement
IMS employees live and work in more than 100 countries, where they reflect the diversity of our customers and support local charities with donations and volunteers.
In addition to corporate support for organizations such as Centraide, United Way and the Canadian Institute of Child Health, many more activities are supported by IMS employees in Canada. These include the Children's Make a Wish Foundation, the CURE Foundation, Sun Youth, Literacy Unlimited and Operation Christmas Child. The company encourages employee initiatives through time off and matching donations.
Commitment to Ethical Business Conduct
The most successful companies in the world strive to be truly inclusive and maximize the potential of employees from varied backgrounds. As with IMS, this is not merely to meet legal requirements or social responsibility, but because of the inherent value yielded by different perspectives, ideas, and solutions that enrich our capability to innovate.
It's not just about creating an organization that is free of discrimination; that is a given. It's about building a sense of teamwork and community, one that embraces and maximizes our differences, creating something that is more powerful than the sum of our individual parts. Every IMS employee has a responsibility in this regard.
The IMS commitment to integrity, honesty and ethical conduct is a business imperative as fundamental as the expertise we provide. Our policy on business conduct embodies the basic elements of decency, fairness and good judgment - principles woven into the fabric of everything we do:
- We will adhere to the highest standards of integrity and business ethics, and deal fairly with customers, suppliers, strategic partners and fellow employees.
- We will base our decisions on what is best for our business, and avoid conflicts with personal or outside interests.
- We will respect the confidentiality of information we receive or create. As good corporate citizens, we are committed to protecting privacy as it relates to the data we analyze and distribute.
- We will compete vigorously, but fairly. Our rating, measurement and evaluation processes will be conducted with the utmost integrity.
- We will operate our business in harmony with the environment and maintain a healthy and safe workplace.
- We will treat each other with dignity and respect and maintain employment practices based on equal opportunity for all.
- We will abide by the letter and spirit of all applicable laws.
