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Human rights
Labor standards | Supply chain | Training and awareness | Collective bargaining | Incident reporting
For TI, protecting human rights is the responsible – and ethical – thing to do. This protection affords the dignity, freedom, respect and acceptance that each of us deserve. We work diligently to treat our employees fairly and ethically regardless of the law, and to ensure our suppliers treat their own workers with equal respect and dignity.
Labor standards
TI has numerous programs and policies in place to ensure equal and fair treatment of our employees. Among them:
- Our Equal Employment Opportunity policy has long prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion, creed, disability, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status or veteran status. In 2008, we put our practice of fair treatment into policy by specifically adding gender identity and expression to the policy as well. This effort was recognized by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, which rated TI at 100 percent on the Corporate Equality Index for creating an inclusive workplace where all employees feel valued and engaged.
- TI does not employ child labor under any circumstances.
- Our suppliers must adhere to proper labor practices and conditions, including an absolute prohibition on the use of child labor.
- TI's compensation and benefits programs are consistent, fair and equitable, and in compliance with applicable legal requirements in the jurisdictions where we operate.
Supply chain
Our supplier contracts contain language to ensure our suppliers operate ethically and humanely, and do not discriminate. We plan to assess the human rights policies and performance of key suppliers once our internal resources allow.
Training and awareness
Because of the variety of social, cultural and political climates in the countries where TI operates, all of our sites are required to build awareness of human rights among employees and contractors, identify human rights risks and put processes in place to manage them.
We train employees worldwide about human rights and ethics to create a respectful and non-discriminatory workplace. Training programs cover topics such as cross-cultural awareness, bullying, security and human rights risks. We also introduce human rights awareness at new-hire orientations and other forums. In 2009, we plan to rollout online refresher training to our work force.
TI's Diversity Network is another comprehensive resource we use to initiate an open and constructive dialogue on issues, myths and perceptions of various cultures.
Collective bargaining
Employees at any global TI operation have the freedom to associate with and/or have the right to collective bargaining as provided by local statute. In France and Germany, employees elect their representatives in the local works council according to the respective country legislation. TI conducts periodic salary surveys and employee performance reviews, and provides competitive salaries and benefits.
In China, TI operates sales, design and applications support operations. Our company has maintained a harmonious relationship with union leaders to date, and no sanctions, fines or grievances were reported in 2008. TI protects the human rights of our Chinese work force by providing open access to our management, human resources and ethics offices.
Additionally, we periodically conduct global employee surveys to better understand employee concerns and to evaluate improvement opportunities.
Incident reporting
Our company makes it easy and safe for TIers to report allegations of human rights abuse, discrimination or other related complaints through their direct supervisor, the human resources team or TI's ethics director. TI employees, contractors and suppliers also may report allegations of human rights abuses anonymously by calling our compliance hotlines at (800) 33-ETHIC or (972) 917-5360.
When we learn of alleged human rights issues, we immediately launch an investigation and work to address them. To our knowledge, there were no formal allegations of human rights abuses lodged against TI in 2008.
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