levi's strauss socail responsibility and values

Our corporate values -- empathy, originality, integrity and courage -- are the foundation of our company and define who we are. They underlie how we compete in the marketplace and how we behave. They enable our vision of the future and reflect the legacy of our founder, Levi Strauss, who devoted substantial time and resources to charitable and philanthropic activities.These values guide our foundation's giving programs, the support we provide to communities where we have a business presence, our employee community-involvement programs, and our code of ethical conduct for manufacturing and finishing contractors working with the company.
FOR EXAMPLE

Our commitment to equal employment opportunity and diversity pre-dates today's programs and began in the 1940s when we desegregated our factories in California.
In 1968, we pioneered an employee volunteer effort called "Community Involvement Teams" or CITs. There are now 80 CITs worldwide.
For the past three years, we...