Corporate Responsibility

Employee Programs

We encourage our people to volunteer in their communities. We are a company of engineers and scientists, with employees who are eager to encourage the next generation of inventors. Hundreds of employees volunteer as robotics club mentors, science fair judges and math tutors.

In the U.S., we encourage employees to raise money for good causes by matching their contribution up to the value of $10,000 per employee.

We have an online system to encourage employees to volunteer in the community during and outside company time. Employees who volunteer 40 or more hours in a year for a charitable organization are eligible for a $300 grant to qualifying organization.

Motorola Solutions Service Corps

At Motorola Solutions, we help people be their best in the moments that matter. That’s why we’ve created the Motorola Solutions Service Corps. Through this employee volunteer program, our employees join together to make a difference throughout the world. In fact, within the first year of the Motorola Solutions Service Corps, we commit to 50,000 employee service hours globally.

Through the Motorola Solutions Foundation’s Service Corps Program, we collaborate with our customers to become a community partner, reaching out to support the communities where we live and work. We believe giving back to the community is a “win-win” scenario for both Motorola Solutions and the organizations that we support. Our volunteer activities boost morale, strengthen our team and improve communications and relations among our employees and our customers.

We currently have projects underway in several different countries. In the coming months, we look forward to sharing our volunteer successes. Check back soon for videos, pictures and testimonials of the work our employees are doing in their communities.
 

The CEO Award for Volunteerism

The CEO Award for Volunteerism encourages worldwide community involvement and recognizes instances of exceptional dedication by Motorola employees. It is the highest recognition an individual or team of employees can receive for community involvement. The individual award honors a long-term commitment, while a team award recognizes exceptional group projects or programs. Winners from around the globe receive $5,000 to contribute to their non-profit organizations.

2010 Individual Award Winners:

• Diana Daino, Holtsville, New York, U.S. – Splashes of Hope
• Srivardhan Hebbar, Bangalore, India – Aashayein Foundation School
• Carlos Manuel R Sevilla Marinero, Mexico City, Mexico – The Mexican Association for the Aid of Children with Cancer
• Vicky Miller, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. – Birch Island Woods Conservation
• Frederic Du Marchie Sarvaas, Wurselen, Germany – German Red Cross
• Lonnie Shinault, Denver, Colorado, U.S. – Environmental Learning for Kids
• Sean Taylor, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. – FIRST® Robotics
• Gosia Sikora, Krakow, Poland – Children’s Heart Foundation
• Terri Osman, Plantation, Florida, U.S. – Living Exclusively for Everyone
• Yossi Schvaytzer, Tel Aviv, Israel – Magen David Adom, Red Cross

2010 Team Award Winners:

• Ashok Kajjam, Vivek Naik and Sriram Chitti, Grayslake, Illinois, U.S. – Chinmaya Mission
• Ganapathy Ayyappan G, Sagar Epari Aurovind, Jeyakumar Barathan, Venkatesan S and Satya Prakash P, Bangalore, India – Singing Skylarks

Chicago Cares

Motorola Solutions employees partner with Chicago Cares to benefit our local community. Chicago Cares works closely with community leaders to identify critical needs and responds with targeted programs to mobilize thousands of volunteers.

In 2011, Motorola Solutions employees worked at Patrick Henry Elementary School in Chicago, Ill. to help paint a hallway. Motorola Solutions volunteers asked to stay past the standard five hours of service to help complete other projects at the school. At the end of the day, all projects at Patrick Henry were completed.

In 2010 Motorola employees joined together at Sabin Elementary a Magnet School to transform a rundown school with a fresh coat of paint and new landscaping.