Culture

We seek to foster a safe, inclusive, values-driven workplace that develops and rewards employees for ethical behavior and sustainable results. To provide a foundation for our diverse work force in their efforts to achieve Kellogg’s vision and mission, we depend on our K Values™.

Kellogg’s K Values™ set us apart as a company and form the basis of our workplace culture. Kellogg employees at all levels take the K Values™ seriously, and we refer to them regularly in our work. Most of our new employees take part in an orientation program – customized to each location – that includes training in the K Values™. This ensures that all employees understand what those values are and how to put them into practice. In the U.S., for example, one full day of the two-day orientation course given to salaried employees is devoted to learning and applying the K Values™.

In addition, employee performance reviews take into account an employee’s adherence to and demonstration of the K Values™. In these reviews, employees self-assess and are rated by their managers regarding not only what they accomplished during the review period, but how they accomplished it – that is, how well they put the K Values™ into practice in achieving the required accountabilities.