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The Taipei headquarters building was presented with New Taipei City's highest environmental gold
award in 2012 and also the US Green Building Council's (USGBC's) gold rating in 2013.
5. Social engagement: promotion of character education
5.1 HTC Foundation
The HTC Foundation defines "Character" as its core mission and strives to shape a character culture
through character education. We start at the personal level to create a positive influence on the
environment and society. In other words, character is used to improve our inner self, improve the social
environment, and from there expand to include other people so that everyone can make a contribution
to society and make the world a better place.
Our vision:
‧To promote the building of good character
‧So people can respect and support each other
‧Making the world a better place
Our mission:
By providing educational programs for continuous learning, cultivate a culture based around the
core values of honesty, integrity, love, respect, compassion, positive thinking and the value of natural
resources.
Our accomplishments:
We embrace the humanitarian spirit of mutual aid and promote character education by helping
schools carry out character education for children and youths, working with local governments on
organizing community and urban character education, caring for disadvantaged families, and providing
disadvantaged children with educational opportunities.
The HTC Foundation plans to build a fourth "Character & English Institute" in Taitung after Hualien,
Yunlin and Chiayi. These are a series of courses designed to encourage and assist school leadership
teams in Taiwan with the continued promotion and implementation of character and citizen education.
Our goal is to help character education take root in every corner of Taiwan. In 2012, we expanded
beyond schools into character towns and character hospitals in order to expand the tangible influence
of character education into other fields.
The summer "Family Character Camp" hosted by the HTC Foundation and the Hualien Character
& English Institute designs courses for parents and students as a family unit. Separate parent and
student events are organized with parent activities lasting two days (not including accommodation)
and student activities lasting five days (including accommodation). All the costs are met by the
HTC Foundation. All Chinese and English-speaking courses at the Character & English Institute are
based around character education. Students' character attitudes are cultivated through the teaching
approach of "emphasis, requirement, praise and correction". A variety of classes and activities give
shape to the core character and are combined with students' own life experiences to teach them the
importance and benefits of character so they can practice it in their own everyday life.
We hope that students can all follow the principles of good character and positive thinking in making
the right decisions and expressing themselves with the right words, actions and attitudes. In this way,
they can become competitive citizens of good character.
5.2 Other social engagement and actions
5.2.1 Blood donation
HTC regularly invites the Hsinchu Blood Center to organize blood drives each year. Many “hot-blooded＂
employees have cultivated the habit of regular blood donation since 2006 so they always roll-up their
sleeves when they hear that the blood donation bus is coming. The enthusiastic participation of HTC
employees has led to the company being presented with a certificate of excellence for blood donation every
year by the Hsinchu Blood Center. In 2013, the Taoyuan factory donated 300,250 c.c. of blood while the
Hsintien plant donated 88,250 c.c..
5.2.2 Sponsorship of students from poor families
The HTC Foundation for many years has looked after disadvantaged groups by providing scholarships and
grants to students from poor families. Apart from providing education plans for continuous learning to help
students learn through practice as well as build up their self-confidence and self-worth, HTC also works
with students to cultivate the core values of honesty, integrity, love, respect, compassion, positive thinking
and respect for natural resources. No effort is spared when it comes to community engagement and social
service.
5.2.3 HTC child support club
The HTC Child Support Group was founded in 2006 as an employee initiative. The club organizes donation
drives with all proceeds going to the Taiwan Fund for Children and Families to help sponsor children
in need. In 2012, donations from 321 employees and the Employee Welfare Committee raised a total of
$3,234,530. The money was used to sponsor 254 children including eight children in Guatemala, Indonesia,
the Philippines, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Qirghiz and Paraguay.