At Merck, behaving ethically and in compliance is the responsibility of everyone, every day, in everything we do. Our chief ethics and compliance officer, who reports directly to Merck's CEO, is responsible for ensuring high ethical standards and compliance across our business globally.

As a healthcare leader, our work requires us to cultivate strong relationships with customers, partners, employees and stakeholders—and confidence among the general public. We're working every day to earn that trust by engaging audiences on all sides of the issues that matter, and by going beyond mandatory disclosure to proactively communicate key information in greater detail.

We disclose information through a variety of mechanisms, including our financial and corporate responsibility reporting, participation in voluntary efforts such as the Carbon Disclosure Project, through the media, and through one-on-one stakeholder discussions.