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 TAIPEI, TAIWAN, March 28th, 2007--ATEN INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. a leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of advanced connectivity solutions, announced today that it was awarded Common Wealth's "2007 Taiwan's Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility." The Common Wealth magazine selected the enterprises with new, futuristic values based on several factors, including the United Nations website, OECD and the Dow Jones Sustainability Group Index. ATEN was chosen among 1,929 listed companies and was awarded 3rd place in the Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility for mid-sized enterprises.
Since its establishment more than twenty years ago, ATEN has been committed in building an apparent enterprise management infrastructure to bring the most benefits to the company and its investors. Apart from complete corporate governance, ATEN has delivered in keeping its corporate promise to continually invest in environmental protection and local communities. In addition to green product manufacturing and R&D to expand the global market and build a brand, ATEN further invests in giving back to the community and actively participates community events at Sijhih City, including contributing to the schools in Sijhih area, giving student scholarships to the poor, establishing "ATEN's Astronomy Education Hall"at Sioufong Elementary School, hosting 2006 ATEN's Softball Games, etc.
"ATEN's direction has always been to provide complete corporate governance and sustainability as a commitment. Proactive social participation and environmental protection is our corporate belief and mission," said Kevin Chen, President of ATEN International. "As a member of global society, playing the role of corporate citizen is our responsibility and duty. Receiving the Common Wealth's ‘2007 Taiwan's Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility' serves as both an encouragement and a motivation to move forward. In the future, we will continue to maintain our spirits as a responsible corporate citizen and will continue to contribute and assist the development of this land and society."
 The survey for "Corporate Social Responsibility," conducted by the Common wealth magazine, is targeted at listed companies in Taiwan and takes into consideration of four factors, including "corporate governance," "corporate commitment," "social participation," "environmental protection" in a three-phased selection process. In the first phase, 1,101 companies that were profitable for three years continuously were chosen among 1,929 companies. During the second phase, 563 organization analysts, accountants, and enterprises are involved in the grading process. In the third phase, a panel of 8 judges takes all criteria into consideration. For final selection, in the category of "Mid-Sized Enterprises with revenue under NTD$10 billion", ATEN was awarded 3rd place for the "Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility."
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