At Merck, behaving ethically and in compliance is the responsibility of everyone, everyday, 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.

From sales and marketing practices to product safety and political advocacy, we're striving to be a better partner by embedding openness and accountability into everything we do.

Learn more about these specific focus areas within Ethics and Transparency:

• Compliance
• Office of Ethics
• Global Privacy Office
• Transparency Disclosures
• Corporate Governance