Our commitments
As we pursue our mission to empower every person and every organization on
the planet to achieve more, we focus on four enduring commitments. These
commitments help us make decisions across everything we do—as we design
and develop products, shape business processes and policies, help our
customers, build partnerships, and more—always ensuring our actions align with
our mission.
Expand opportunity
We believe economic growth and opportunity must reach every person,
organization, community, and country. This starts with ensuring everyone has
the skills to thrive in a digital, AI-enabled economy, and extends to empowering
nonprofits, entrepreneurs, and other organizations to digitally transform and
address society’s biggest challenges.
How we expand opportunity
Earn trust
To create positive impact with technology, people need to be able to trust the
technologies they use and the companies behind them. That’s why we’re
committed to the responsible use of AI, protecting privacy, and advancing digital
safety and cybersecurity.
Learn how we work to earn trust
Protect fundamental rights
In an increasingly digital world, we have a responsibility to protect people’s
fundamental rights, address the challenges technology creates, and help all
communities succeed. For us, this means promoting responsible business
practices, expanding accessibility and connectivity, advancing fair and inclusive
societies, and empowering communities.
Learn how we protect rights
Advance sustainability
Climate change is the defining issue of our generation, and addressing it
requires swift, collective action and technological innovation. We are committed
to meeting our own goals while enabling others to do the same. That means
taking responsibility for our operational footprint and accelerating progress
through technology.
View sustainability programs
How we work
The challenges facing the world are complex, and no one company, industry, or
country can solve them alone. That’s why we work across sectors and borders to
foster collective action and amplify impact, driving progress faster and farther
than we could on our own.
Partnering for greater impact
Empower our employees
Our more than 200,000 employees are the driving force behind our mission. We
strive to create an inclusive culture where all employees can thrive. And to
support our employees’ passion for giving, Microsoft matches their donations of
time and money to the causes they care about.
Learn about employee giving See how we support inclusion
Activate our ecosystem
With more than 400,000 partner organizations employing over 11 million
people, thousands of suppliers, and customers of every size, in every industry,
and in every part of the world, we have an enormous opportunity and
responsibility to effect change through our ecosystem.
Explore responsible sourcing Read Supplier Code of Conduct
Engage local communities
Change happens locally. We work closely with communities—through programs
like TechSpark and our rural communities initiatives—to understand their unique
challenges and assets, so we can best support them.
Explore TechSpark See our work in US rural communities
Enable systemic change
We work to enable lasting, systemic change, including by advocating for public
policies that move us toward a more inclusive, sustainable, and trusted future.
Our public policy engagement
Invest in our hometown
As one of Washington state's largest employers, we're committed to ensuring
our success supports the community. We work to enhance economic growth for
all, create new job opportunities, and protect and improve quality of life for
residents.
