Life at Ericsson

We encourage every one of our 104,525 unique employees to develop and build their life and careers within our global organization.

Our core values

Our core values of respect, professionalism and perseverance are reflected not only in our workplace but also in the business we do with our customers and in our dealings with society. We believe in treating every individual equally and with fairness.

Our annual employee survey shows that 90 percent of our employees feel the company´s core values are relevant to them. This attitude contributes to our company culture. It is also supported by our managers, who make sure the core values are part of everyone’s work every day.

Diversity

Picture a workplace where everyone is the same. Where nobody has to think. Where all the employees come from the same place, are the same age, are the same gender, have the same education and socioeconomic status. And have the same ideas.

Is that your idea of a perfect workplace? It’s not ours.

We want new ideas and diverse points of view. We want people who can challenge the way we think.

We are a global company, working across borders, finding competency at its best wherever it can be found around the world. A diverse team – where everyone contributes with their unique abilities, skills and experiences – can work wonders. Innovation is one of our key strengths and we believe diversity stimulates innovation.

We develop leadership potential

In our new, increasingly challenging and competitive arena, working with the “people dimension” will be a key success factor for delivering upon our business strategy. Leadership Talent Planning is our way of building leadership capability. It begins by identifying the strategic roles, and then finding, assessing, developing and recruiting excellent leadership talents to assume these positions.

Ericsson also has several leadership assessment centers, leadership programs and executive development programs to further assess and develop leaders.

Our business ethics

The Ericsson Code of Business Conduct sets the standard for the way we do business. The code promotes:

• Honest and ethical conduct, including ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional interests
• Full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that we file with or submit to government agencies and in other public communications
• Protection of confidential and proprietary information about Ericsson, our employees, contractors, customers, partners and vendors
• Compliance with applicable governmental directives, laws, rules and regulations
• Prompt internal reporting of any violations of the code.

Every employee is required to observe the Ericsson Code of Business Conduct, and we ask each of our employees to acknowledge their commitment to these shared values.