KEMET's Mission is to help make the world a better, safer, more connected place to live.	Green, sustainable technology: In windmills, solar panels and hybrid cars. Medical: In X-Ray machines, pacemakers & defibrillators that save lives. Space Exploration: On the Space Station, Moon Lander and Mars Rover. Military: Inside satellites, communications & missile systems, and airplanes. Mobile Devices: Helping the world become closer and freer. Lighting: Brightening the world. Wireless Baby Monitors: Helping parents relax.
KEMET's Vision is to be the world's most trusted partner for innovative component solutions.	With a medical device company, developed a better heart pacemaker. With a major manufacturer, developed a unique and tiny polymer capacitor. With a lighting company, developed long-life electrolytic capacitors for LEDs. With auto companies lowered CO2 emissions & increased fuel efficiency. With major aerospace companies, developed capacitors for the rigors of space.
KEMET's Values	Positive, Rewarded Behaviors	Negative, Unacceptable Behaviors
One KEMET: One global team valuing diversity and inclusion.	Collaboration across boundaries. One consistent face to the customer. Global strategy; local execution.	Hiding talent, ideas, or innovations. Focusing on only "my" group. Schedule/time zone insensitivity.
Ethics & Integrity: Having the courage to always do the right thing.	Saying what you mean & doing what you say. Knowing and following KEMET's Global Code of Conduct. "Walking the talk" for all our Values.	Holding back needed information. Forcing inappropriate action. Anything that would not be OK on the "News Front Page".
No Politics: Supporting each other without selfish self-interest.	Gaining clear group consensus. Involving all the right people as needed. Giving credit to others.	Undercutting others for self-gain. Playing people against each other. Taking credit for others' ideas.
Unparalleled Customer Experience: Being relentlessly responsive with our customer partners.	ETBF: Easy-To-Buy-From. Solving problems proactively & quickly. Not stopping until the problem is solved.	Making excuses for our "systems". Avoiding responsibility; "not my job". Slow and unresponsive attitude.
The Math Must Work: Delivering sustainable, profitable growth.	Efficient assessment of alternatives. Knowing Market & key benchmarks. Data and fact-based assessment.	Wasting time on what does not matter. Refusal to consider "Brutal Facts". Allowing biases to enter decisions.
Talent Oriented: Believing in the passion, skills, and engagement of our people.	Mutual commitment to development. Celebrating failure; allowing risk taking. Empowering for creativity & learning.	"No Time" for career development. Holding people back, hiding talent. Destroying confidence & passion.
Speed: Energetically showing individual and organizational responsiveness.	Intense, fast flexible turnaround. Acknowledging requests immediately. Making and meeting commitments.	Requiring business systems that waste time. Showing "Paralysis by analysis". Over promising and under delivering.