Last week, Symantec employees around the globe marked Diversity Week, an internal celebration focusing on increasing employees' cultural competence and expanding their global view. Over 1,300 employees attended at least one of 10 webinars and 29 workshops hosted around the globe. Cross functional teams of presenters and panelists from Singapore, Beijing, India, Ireland, the UK, and the U.S. hosted events to help all of us better understand our cultural lens, the impact of culture in the workplace, and steps we can take to increase our understanding of our customers and colleagues around the globe.

Participants in Diversity Week learned that the first step towards productive engagement with people from other cultures is awareness that we may have different styles, and that we may not view the world - and how we should communicate or behave in it - in the same way. They also learned that it’s important to take time to learn about other cultures and to think...

We expect Great Things. Symantec's CEO Enrique Salem is known to end his email messages with these inspiring four words. In a recent interview, Salem noted that he wants to "stretch people to potentially accomplish things they didn't't think were possible." At a time when it is popular to trash the federal government, Symantec stands out as one of the companies seeking to "expect great things" from our elected officials despite their partisan distractions.

As an early member of BICEP (Business for Innovative Climate and Energy Policy) Symantec stepped up to the plate in 2009 to join a group of leading companies including Nike, Levi Strauss, eBay and Starbucks to actively call upon Congressional leaders and the Obama Administration to address climate change. And despite the recent long and rocky road to tangible progress, Symantec remains a leading company that is...

October marks the annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM). Since NCSAM’s launch in 2004, Symantec has worked as a founding member of the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCSA) to educate the public on ways to protect our computers, mobile devices, networks and the country’s cyber infrastructure and to make the most of Symantec’s comprehensive security software. NCSAM provides education campaigns targeted toward consumers, businesses, and academic institutions.

Last year as part of NCSAM, the STOP. THINK. CONNECT.™ consumer campaign was launched:

STOP: Before you use the Internet, take time to understand the risks and learn how to spot potential problems.

THINK: Take a moment to be certain the path ahead is clear. Watch for warning signs and consider how your actions online could impact your safety, your...