Diversity and Inclusion in the Americas

The Americas are a melting pot, where people of diverse backgrounds live together to form the society. Olympus' employees in the Americas are also ethnically diverse and they respect everyone's personality, individuality, culture, religion, nationality, and human rights as they work to create new value.

In 2018, Olympus Corporation of the Americas (hereinafter "OCA"*1), which oversees Olympus' operations in the Americas, set up OCA-authorized networks for Diversity and Inclusion (hereinafter "D&I") called CANs (Colleague Affinity Networks) in 17 affiliate centers. At present, there are 12 Affinity networks and all of the CANs have management as their owners to support D&I activities.
Society has a tendency to focus on the negative aspects and vulnerability of social minority groups. The Olympus Group, on the other hand, strives to comprehensively understand their background cultures and characteristics in order to achieve great awareness and unexpected discoveries that contribute to the Group's management philosophy.

The management philosophy of the Olympus Group consists of "Our Purpose" and "Our Core Values." All of the activities carried out by the CANs are the practical implementation of our core values, such as "Integrity," "Empathy," "Long-Term View," "Agility," and "Unity". Such activities have started generating new synergy through stronger mutual understanding and respect as well as broader communication ranges. They also discover unnoticed individual talents, promoting the right person to the right position, leading to the revitalization of human resources.

CANs Activities