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“While some still argue that
business has no social responsibility,
we believe that our survival in the
As a result, the Welfare House is better able
to gauge the outcomes and benefits of the
equipment for the children and spend its
money more wisely.
Philanthropy:
augmenting our skills and passions
CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
very long run is as dependent upon
responsible citizenship in our
communities and in the society,
as it is on responsible technology,
financial and production performance.”
J. Irwin Miller
Cummins’ longtime leader addressed
the Company’s commitment to Corporate
Responsibility in the 1972 Annual Report.
The Welfare House serves more than
200 kids ages 1 to 14 on a full-time basis.
Over a third of the children are affected by
cerebral palsy and require special attention.
Cummins employees take the children on
outings. They throw parties and play with
the kids, too. But using their Six Sigma
skills, the data-driven business problem
solving tool, they have also helped the
house make critical decisions on how
to make the most of its limited funds for
rehabilitation equipment critical to the
children’s future.
Six Sigma has also guided employee
donations to the Welfare House. Employees
have donated a bicycling rehabilitation
machine, assistive devices for dining,
orthopedic shoes, special clothing items
and more. The donations were based on
needs identified using Six Sigma tools.
This year, the Welfare House is moving
to a new facility in order to reach a greater
number of children. The new space will
accommodate 100 more beds and includes
a dedicated children’s rehabilitation area,
with several rooms designated for key
therapies and training. And the Six Sigma
research is helping with that effort, too.
The rehabilitation area will grow significantly,
strengthening the Welfare House’s ability
to provide top-level care for children with
cerebral palsy. Before the new rehabilitation
area, about 36 percent of the Welfare
House’s children could go through training
and rehabilitation program. With this
addition, the training rate will increase
to 75 percent.
“We visit the Wuxi Welfare House several
times every year to understand the most
Cummins wants to use its philanthropy to augment
our employees’ skills and passions toward our goal
of building stronger communities.
The Company invested more than
$37 million in its corporate responsibility
efforts in 2011, including $26 million in
funding for The Cummins Foundation,
employee volunteer hours on Company
time, donations and sponsorships from
operating funds and staff involved in
our efforts around the world.
The Cummins Foundation, founded
in 1954, is one of the oldest corporate
foundations in the United States.
It has played a critical role in hundreds
of initiatives since its inception.
It made grants of $10.7 million in 2011,
funding a variety of initiatives ranging from
a summer education program in Seymour,
Ind. to a computer lab at a middle school
in Xiangyang, China and a
job training program in Kenya.
The Foundation primarily focuses
on communities where Cummins
facilities are located and in support
of the Company’s global priorities
of education, the environment and
social justice / equal opportunity.
In addition, there were grants totaling
$879,000 from a Cummins-supported
foundation in India. The Cummins India
Foundation, established in 1990, supports
higher education, energy, the environment
and local infrastructure projects.
A list of Cummins’ larger
philanthropic contributions is
included on the following pages.
Cummins employees are
engaged in building stronger
communities around the
world – improving the
communities near the
Company’s Megasite in
Phaltan, India (left), and
cleaning up in Korea (right).
CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
In 2010, Cummins Generator Technologies
urgent needs of the children,” said Hanna
Marketing and Strategy Manager Rebecca
Yuan, Assistant to the General Manager
Weng completed a Community Impact Six
at Cummins Generator Technologies in
Sigma project centered on developing a
Wuxi. “We believe that with our help, the
process to generate long-term assistance
Welfare House can improve these children’s
and a project plan for the organization.
self-dependent ability and help them fit into
The Six Sigma project also implemented
a measurement system to track the impact
society and have the chance to be adopted
in the future.”
of donated therapeutic equipment.
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