Intro Power Inclusive Future For All FY23 Purpose Report | 59 Looking Ahead Our Social Justice Beliefs At Cisco, we believe in fairness and equity for all. Our commitment to advancing Social Justice is grounded in six core beliefs. Our beliefs inspire us—and guide us—in advocating for justice, equitable treatment, and changing systems to be more inclusive around the world. Technology for good Proximity Technology connects us. It makes the world better. We're committed We educate ourselves by getting closer to people who have lived—and to building technology that encourages people to create new are living—through injustice, hatred, prejudice, or discrimination simply possibilities. And we defend against any misuse of our technology to for being who they are. It's that empathy and understanding that censor, oppress, or bring injustice against anyone. drives us to act boldly. Equity Security of being Social justice isn't political. It's a call for fairness and solutions that We stand for the most fundamental of human rights—the security confront injustice and create economies, cultures, and communities of being—to protect people who are targets of prejudice, hate, where everyone can thrive. and violence. Supplier diversity Coalescence at Cisco We're creating a culture that brings our employees, suppliers, Cisco’s Supplier Diversity Program and our communities, and partners together to take action and drive Social Justice Action 7 focus on extending our meaningful change. commitment to full spectrum diversity to the owners Full-spectrum diversity and employees of businesses that supply billions in goods and services that we purchase every We believe that social justice must ultimately be addressed across year. This year we exceeded our goal to double the full spectrum of diversity, including gender identity, age, race, the amount we spend with diverse suppliers by ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability status, nationality, religion, 2023. We track not only diversity of ownership in military status, background, culture, experience, strengths, our supplier community, but also the diversity of and perspectives. preferred suppliers’ employees that directly support Cisco. In turn, we share resources with suppliers about how they can drive diversity and create strong cultures within their own workforces.