[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Medical equipment specialized manufacturer Votem Co., Ltd.(CEO Mun-Seok Kang, www.votem.kr) will to donate 100 million Won to Community Chest of Korea in order to perform its social responsibility through sharing.

Votem said, “We have decided to donate 100 million Won for 5 years, attending the signing ceremony for donation held at conference room of Gangwon-do provincial government building last July 23”.

Also, this led CEO Mun-Seok Kang to join ‘Honor Society’ which is the major donation club with more than 100 million Won donation.

Since established in 2007, CEO Kang has been joining in the diversity of donation activities to develop into the social enterprise after reaching the break-even point in 2011.

Votem donated 300,000 Won each month joining in the good store by Community Chest of Korea and then has added 1 million Won each month from this year. Then, Votem has been selected as ‘220th good store in Gangwon’ by supporting living costs to five families. Votem has regularly joined in UNICEF charity as well.

In addition, Votem has provided many employee benefits to employees notwithstanding the small company with 17 directors and employees to realize ‘the family-like company and helpful company’, which is the philosophy of Votem.

Votem employees can use five days of summer and winter holiday respectively besides annual leaves, and can have one day-off before and after Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving Day) and Seollal (Korean New Year's Day). In addition, Votem pays 50,000 Won each month in the employee’s name for injury insurance as well as retirement pension insurance, and then provides 3 million Won of incentive in 5 years.

Then, Votem has been selected as ‘the best enterprise’ by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy for 2 years in row.

CEO Kang said “The donation to Community Chest of Korea will lead Votem to develop into the social enterprise actively. I want to deliver the sound donation culture through joining in the diversity of donation activities”.