Our Focus

Our commitment to respect fundamental human rights of our employees, people working for our suppliers, and our customers reflects Microsoft’s company mission to help people and businesses throughout the world realize their full potential.

Microsoft's company mission is to help people and businesses throughout the world realize their full potential. We have formally affirmed a commitment to the UN Declaration on Human Rights as a signatory to the UN Global Compact, Some of the ways we bring this commitment to life include our work to ensure:

• Non-discrimination and fair employment practices within our own workforce.
• Our suppliers-- including those manufacturing Xbox and other hardware--meet strong workplace and human rights standards.
• We avoid the use of "conflict minerals" fueling strife in central Africa.
• Customer privacy and freedom of expression on and offline.
• We have strong Corporate Governance policies that maintain internal checks and balances, strengthen management accountability, foster responsible decision-making, and ensure we follow the law wherever we do business.