Our
operating statement provides an overview of our company's operating
philosophy and operating methods. That philosophy and those methods
have continued to evolve and strengthen since the company's founding
by two DuPont chemical engineers in 1974.
There
are eight interrelated and interdependent elements of our operating
statement. Together, these elements define who we are, what we
do, how we operate, for whom, and for what purpose. The elements
are
