Ethics and integrity Cisco is committed to the highest standards of ethics and integrity in all of our business dealings. We consistently uphold strong values and strive to make the right choices in how we conduct business, which helps us earn the trust of our customers, governments, and stakeholders around the world. These values and our expectations of employees are captured in Cisco’s Code of Business Conduct (COBC). The COBC is a toolkit that anyone at Cisco can reference to make business decisions and resolve potential ethical issues. It includes Cisco’s direct efforts in each of our compliance program elements, policy documents, and additional resources. We continuously update the COBC to keep information current and engaging for readers. If an employee identifies a concern or has a question that the COBC doesn’t answer, we encourage them to reach out to the Ethics Office, their Human Resources representative, a member of the Legal team, or their manager. Contact information for the Ethics Office is available here . Cisco fosters a culture in which employees can speak up with any concerns without fear of retaliation. Cisco employees report that they understand our policies and feel comfortable speaking up when necessary. Cisco’s compliance and ethics organization regularly reports all cases and allegations of ethical violations to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, to the Compliance Steering Committee (consisting of Cisco Executive leaders), and to Cisco’s independent auditors. In fiscal 2021, we began tracking employee relations allegations separate from other forms of misconduct. For this reason, we will no longer report ethics allegations by type, as we have in past reports. Our impact Keeping ethics issues top-of-mind Cisco continually reinforces employees’ understanding of our policies and expectations regarding ethical conduct. On our employee intranet, we regularly publish quizzes and polls to keep knowledge fresh. In fiscal 2021, Cisco’s Executive Leadership Team recorded videos explaining what compliance and ethics mean to them. We also shared “scrubbed cases,” or real-life examples of violations that have taken place within the company, with identifying details removed, to help bring ethics concepts to life. This level of transparency gives employees a greater understanding of ethical conflicts and violations, and highlights that we rely on employees to bring ethical concerns to our attention as part of our speak-up culture. TABLE 2: Inquiries made to the Ethics Office 2019 2020 2021 1338 1033 1190 CHART 1: FY21 inquiries by type ● Allegations of misconduct 19% ● Conflict of interest disclosure 53% ● Questions 28% FUTURE INTRO POWER INCLUSIVE 2021 Cisco Purpose Report | csr.cisco.com | ESG Reporting Hub 31