Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Americas

The Americas are a melting pot where people of diverse backgrounds live together to form the society. Olympus's 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 (OCA), which oversees Olympus's operations in the Americas, set up OCA-authorized networks for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), called CANs (Colleague Affinity Networks), in 17 affiliate centers. At present, there are 10 affinity networks, and all of the CANs have management as their owners to support DEI 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 of 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 and leading to the revitalization of human resources.

Colleague Affinity Group (CAN) Activities