The position of Ethics Ombudsman has existed in the Company for two years, elected by the Company’s employees. The Ethics Ombudsman is not only the guardian of the Code of Ethics and organisational culture based on corporate values, but also a moral arbitrator.
2007 was also a year of integration in a broad sense. Traditionally, all ORLEN Group employees were invited to participate in sporting events. Over 600 employees applied to participate. The best among them went to the Global and European Corporate Games, where they successfully represented PKN ORLEN in the struggle for the highest trophies. ORLEN’s representatives won 7 golden, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals.
As in every year, in autumn 2007 the automobile Rally with Verva took place, during which amateur drivers, employees of the Company, battled against time and traffi c rules to test their skills on the obstacle track, and also test the Verva fuels produced by ORLEN.
The climax of the integrating activities was the celebration of Chemist Day, the biggest occasion for celebration in the Company and an essential element of corporate culture for many years. The highpoint of the celebrations was the Festival with Verva, which saw concerts with the participation of Polish rock stars and the Light & Sound Festival.
The ORLEN brand is also associated with the charitable activities carried out by ORLEN Gift of the Heart Foundation, which takes care of 250 Family Children’s Homes and provides fi nancial and material help to individuals non-governmental organisations, and institutions acting in the area of health protection, recreation and rehabilitation of handicapped people.
In the preceding year, the Company, together with the ORLEN Gift of the Heart Foundation, turned its employees into Santa Clauses, who fulfi lled the children’s dreams of Christmas presents. Whereas the employees of RHD Zachód and fuel stations from this region showed their big hearts by initiating the action “Let’s paint a smile” and, in a social act, renovated the National Children’s Home in Aleksandrów Kujawski. 250 people participated in the activity.
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