2012 Performance Summary: People and Culture
This section provides a summary of the results for the 2012 National Instruments corporate responsibility commitments. To learn more about the company’s performance and commitments, visit the sections linked from this summary. A letter from the company’s CEO, Dr. James Truchard, also summarizes the company’s efforts in 2012.
To locate a specific Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) indicator in this report, refer to the GRI Index.
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| Area | 2012 Commitment | 2012 Performance | Status |
| Hire and Retain the Best and Brightest | Maintain worldwide voluntary turnover rate at 75 percent of the market | Maintained worldwide voluntary turnover rate at 67 percent of the market | |
| Implement worldwide HR Oracle system for consistent reporting in all major offices | Implemented worldwide HR Oracle system for consistent reporting in 97 percent of offices | |
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| Implement career development programs for employees in leadership positions | Implemented career development programs for employees in leadership positions | |
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| Create a Great Place to Work | Implement the Great Place to Work survey program in five additional branches | Implemented the Great Place to Work survey program at NI Brazil, NI Penang, NI India, NI Costa Rica, and NI China | |
| Implement tobacco-free workplace initiatives at all US offices | Implemented tobacco-free workplace initiatives at all US offices | |
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| Maintain a Culture of Giving | Maintain commitment of donating at least 1% of pretax profits | Donated more than 1% of pretax profits to nonprofit organizations. | |
| Track and report NI philanthropic and volunteer activities worldwide | Invested in a new employee giving and volunteer management system that should increase our tracking ability around the globe in 2013. |  |
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| Increase headquarters’ employee volunteer hours by 30%. | Employee volunteerism decreased in 2012. | |
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