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As a responsible
corporate citizen and
member of the
community, Hyundai Motor places
increasing importance on social service
activities. In an aim to contribute to the
creation of the healthier and happier
society for all, Hyundai Motor has been
actively engaged in a variety of
activities in all communities where we
do business. The company is proud of
its long-standing program for children in
remote rural areas who are invited to
our plants for educational tours.
In another unique program, physically
challenged members of the community
can enjoy free driving lessons provided
by the company.
Eco-protection campaigns continue to
gain momentum with the company’s
support of various green programs.
As one small example, the company-
funded Hyundai Scuba Diving Club
is pioneering the cleanup of the
Han River as its members sacrifice
personal time to remove trash from the
bed of this magnificent river that bisects
Seoul, the capital.
The company has also sponsored
a series of music concerts under
a green, eco-friendly theme.
As the nation’s automotive leader,
the company is contributing to the
growth of the national automotive
engineering knowledge base by funding
research programs in the Department of
Mechatronics at Seoul National
University, the nation’s top institution of
higher learning and Ulsan University. In
addition, to foster promising new talent
and innovative ideas Hyundai Motor
has a collaborative program with the
Korea Advanced Institute of Science
and Technology to develop advanced
electronic technologies for automotive
applications. Hyundai Motor is the first
and only domestic automaker to
sponsor an automotive design contest,
an annual event that draws thousands
of entries from the country’s brightest
minds that are dreaming of a future
career in the Korean auto industry.
Hyundai Motor will always remain
a responsible and high minded
corporate citizen. By helping out our
underprivileged neighbors, paying more
keen attention to the issue of
environment protection and placing
greater emphasis and corporate
resources on the cultivation of high
caliber manpower, Hyundai Motor is
striving create a better future for all the
communities where we conduct our
business.
TRAINING, EDUCATION &
WELFARE
The continuing process of globalization
imposes a wide variety of challenges
both to our management and
employees at home and overseas. Our
human resources are our most valuable
asset, one which we cultivate with a
steadily growing variety of training,
education and welfare programs so that
everyone within the Hyundai Motor
family feels rewarded and fulfilled. In
Korea,
our domestic employees enjoy
company-paid travel to visit their
hometowns on national holidays and
financial assistance is provided for child
education, household moves and
automobile purchases. The company is
proud of its culture centers, summer
vacation facilities and its support of
a broad range of leisure activities.
In addition, the company offers
additional financial assistance towards
retirement pension plans and covers
medical bills. Employees can also
benefit from housing assistance
including company subsidized
dormitories and low interest home
financing. Because the company’s
success hinges on the skills and
performance of our employees, we not
only offers job and skills training
programs but it also fund overseas
education programs for our employees
including post-graduate studies in order
to stimulate innovation as well as
enhance their capabilities and creativity
to a global competitive level.
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Hyundai employees enjoy numerous benefits
including membership in the company’s health club
Hyundai’s sponsorship of a performance by the
German-French Chamber Orchestra