IPTACS’ commitment to corporate social responsibility is a premise that permeates every aspect of our business operations. We understand that businesses have a social and environmental impact, whether intended or not, and strive to always make ours a positive one. Our focus on Corporate Social Responsibility is intended to provide long-term benefits for our:

• Host Communities
• Clients
• Employees and Trainers
• Partners
• Environment

It is IPTACS’ policy to make a positive impact on every community in which it provides training,  be outside of the company’s normal delivery of service, and in the form of at least one of the following (in order of preference):

• Volunteer service performed by IPTACS personnel
• Donation of goods
• Donation of money
• Donation of company services/training

A Corporate Social Responsibility deliverable is designed for each community, based on an analysis of that community’s needs, and will include all volunteer efforts and donations made by IPTACS as well as any other activities, initiatives or procedures implemented by IPTACS for that community. IPTACS will attempt to utilize local services, and buy project goods from local vendors, whenever it is reasonably possible.

Core Values that Guide IPTACS’ Corporate Social Responsibility Efforts

Direct Involvement/ Personal Relationships	Personal relationships result in the greatest, most meaningful and most long-lasting impact on the community being served, as well as those providing the service or benefit. Whenever possible, direct personal involvement by IPTACS employees and trainers will be preferred over other types of donations or assistance.
Tolerance and Diversity	It is IPTACS’ policy to treat all people, their ideas, opinions, practices, and beliefs with fairness, objectivity, interest and respect, especially when they may differ from those of our own employees and trainers. We believe that the greatest accomplishments are achieved by embracing the great variety and differences that exist among all people throughout world.
Respect for Human Rights	IPTACS believes in the following human rights for all people: Life, liberty and security of person Freedom from being held in slavery or servitude Freedom from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Equal recognition and protection before the law Freedom from arbitrary arrest, detention or exile Privacy Movement and residence Ownership of property Thought, conscience and religion Opinion and expression Assembly and association Participation in government To work, free choice of employment and equal pay Rest and leisure Education
Stewardship	Corporate Social Responsibility activities, and any resources that may be associated with those activities, are managed by IPTACS with the interests of the beneficiaries as the primary guiding factor.
Sustainability	IPTACS sees its operations, corporate relationships and relationship with the environment as being long-term and therefore approaches all of these with a sense of interdependence and mutual responsibility. The company’s Corporate Social Responsibilities efforts emphasize the creation of programs that are long-term, continuous, and positive in all aspects of their impact on the community they are designed to benefit.
Accountability	IPTACS reports the outcomes and progress if its Corporate Social Responsibility programs in its annual report, published each January. The report includes a review of all Corporate Social Responsibility programs established the previous year, the original goals, progress/results, and an analysis of our performance, based on the impact to the local community.