The following discussion includes description of the corporate responsibility activities of our Devices & Services and Nokia Siemens Networks segments only, unless otherwise indicated. In the following discussion, “Nokia” refers to Nokia excluding NAVTEQ and Nokia Siemens Network.
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Values
We have a set of values developed by our employees around the world that reflects and supports our business and changing environment. The values act as a foundation for our evolving business culture and form the basis of how we operate: achieving together, to reflect how we reach out to others, encouraging them to work together with us and share risks, responsibilities and successes; very human, to reflect how we do business and work with each other; engaging you, to reflect how we engage our customers, our suppliers, and our own employees in what Nokia stands for; and passion for innovation, to reflect our curiosity about the world around us and our desire to improve people’s lives through innovation in technology.
We also encourage open discussion and debate within the business. An annual global employee survey is conducted as a way of getting feedback from our employees on a range of important issues, and we act on this feedback when designing our people policies and practices. It is also possible for employees to ask questions about our business, even anonymously, through the company Intranet— our internal Internet pages—and receive a prompt and openly published response.
Nokia Siemens Networks also has a set of values that reflects and supports its business and the changing environment. The values form the basis of how Nokia Siemens Networks operates: focus on our customer, to reflect the importance of helping customers succeed in their business; communicate openly, to reflect the importance of speedy, factbased and transparent communications; inspire, to reflect the importance of building excitement within the business, especially about the needs of customers; innovate, to reflect the focus on innovation to succeed; and win together, to reflect how trust, respect, honesty and openness form the workplace.
Code of Conduct
Efforts at expanding the knowledge among employees of Nokia’s Code of Conduct continued in 2008. By the end of the year, approximately 86% of Nokia employees had completed the Nokia Code of Conduct training provided by the company. Upon the completion of our acquisition of NAVTEQ, we have also communicated our Code of Conduct to all NAVTEQ employees to make them aware of our values, ethics and responsibilities both as a business and as individual employees. Information on the Nokia Code of Conduct is available in 34 languages, and a web training tool and online test for employees are used to ensure they understand the issues covered in the Nokia Code of Conduct. Since the beginning of 2009, Nokia has had an Ethics Office, whose role is to support all employees in matters relating to the Code of Conduct.
On January 1, 2009, Nokia Siemens Networks published a revised Code of Conduct which is identical with that of Nokia. See Item 4B. “Business Overview—Nokia Siemens Networks—Compliance Program” of Nokia’s Form 20-F.
Labor conditions at manufacturing facilities
At December 31, 2008, we had 25 576 employees working directly in production, including manufacturing, packaging and shipping, at our ten mobile device manufacturing facilities. During 2008, the injury and illness rate amongst all our employees at our production facilities was 0.6. In 2008, all nine of our main device manufacturing facilities were assessed against our assessment framework which is based on International Labour Organization conventions and the human rights declarations of the United Nations. The assessments were conducted by a professional external assessment company, STRCSCC.
Results showed these factories have successfully implemented the framework into employment processes, although some areas for improvement related to overtime control and occupational safety, mainly related to fire safety, were detected. All findings have an action plan in place and those facilities with an action plan will receive a reassessment during first half 2009 to ensure full compliance with the framework.
To support the implementation of the framework all manufacturing facility employees undertake training on the principles of the framework as part of their induction.
At December 31, 2008, Nokia Siemens Networks had 2 012 employees working directly in production—including manufacturing, packaging and shipping—at its production facilities. During 2008, Nokia Siemens Networks started to develop a framework for managing labor conditions. The first step was to define a standard, which is based on International Labour Organization conventions and standardized Industry Code of Conduct, benchmarked against international labor laws and standards. This standard will be integrated into Nokia Siemens Networks global employment policies and guidelines, providing information and guidance. Using the standard as performance indicators, Nokia Siemens Networks is also building an effective management system to monitor and assess labor conditions, starting first with manufacturing operations.
Training
We provide a variety of mandatory and voluntary inhouse and external training opportunities for our employees to help them develop a broad range of skills for the workplace as well as the competencies specific to their role. For example, in 2008, Nokia's training expenses for employees working elsewhere than in production amounted to EUR 55 million, equating to expenditure of EUR 1 721 for each such employee.
Promoting diversity in the workplace
Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks are committed to both promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace and providing rewarding career development opportunities for all employees. In 2008, on average, 13.7% of senior management positions within Nokia were held by women, while 47.4% of senior management positions were held by people of non-Finnish nationality. At December 31, 2008, 22.7% of senior management positions within Nokia Siemens Networks were held by women. Senior management positions are defined differently in Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks, and accordingly their related data is not directly comparable.
Voluntary attrition
During 2008, the rate of voluntary attrition was 9.3% at Nokia and 6.2% at Nokia Siemens Networks.