Employment and the Workplace
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Equal Employment Opportunity/Nondiscrimination
We believe that all terms and conditions of employment
should be based on an individual's ability to do the job
and not on the basis of personal characteristics or
beliefs. We provide employees with a working environment
free of discrimination, harassment, intimidation or
coercion relating directly or indirectly to race,
religion, sexual orientation, political opinion or
disability.
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Forced Labour
We do not use any prison, slave, indentured, or forced
labor in the manufacture of any of our products.
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Child Labour
We do not utilize child labor in the production of any
product. We do not employ any person under the age of 15
(or 14 where local law allows), or the age at which
compulsory schooling has ended, whichever is greater.
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Hours of Labour
We maintain reasonable employee work hours based on the
limits on regular and overtime hours allowed by local
law, or where local law does not limit the hours of
work, the regular work week. Overtime, when necessary,
is fully compensated according to local law, or at a
rate at least equal to the regular hourly compensation
rate if there is no legally prescribed premium rate.
Employees are permitted reasonable days off (at least
one day off in every seven-day period) and leave
privileges.
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Coercion and Harassment
We acknowledge the value of our staff and treat each
employee with dignity and respect. We do not use cruel
and unusual disciplinary practices such as threats of
violence or other forms of physical, sexual,
psychological or verbal harassment or abuse.
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Compensation
We fairly compensate our employees by complying with all
applicable laws, including minimum wage laws, or the
prevailing local industry wage, whichever is higher.
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Health and Safety
We maintain a safe, clean and healthy environment in
compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. We
provide adequate medical facilities, clean restrooms,
reasonable access to potable water, well lit and
ventilated workstations, and protection from hazardous
materials or conditions. The same standards of health
and safety are applied in any housing we provide for our
employees.
Concern
for the Environment
Ethical
Business Practices
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Sensitive Transactions
It is our policy to prohibit employees from entering
into sensitive transactions -- business dealings
generally considered to be either illegal, immoral,
unethical or to reflect adversely on the integrity of
the Company. These transactions usually come in the form
of bribes, kickbacks, gifts of significant value or
payoffs made to favorably influence some decision
affecting a company's business or for personal gain of
an individual.
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Commercial Bribery
We prohibit employees from receiving, directly or
indirectly, anything of value in return for using or
agreeing to use his or her position for the benefit of
that other person. Similarly, commercial bribes,
kickbacks, gratuities and other payoffs and benefits
paid to any customer are prohibited. However, this does
not include expenditures of reasonable amount for meals
and entertainment of customers if they are otherwise
lawful, and should be included on expense reports and
approved under standard Company procedures.
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Accounting Controls, Procedures and Records
We accurately keep books and records of all transactions
and the dispositions of our assets as required by law,
as well as maintain a system of internal accounting
controls to ensure the reliability and adequacy of our
books and records. We ensure only transactions with
proper management approval are accounted for in our
books and records.
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Confidential or Proprietary Information
We take extra care to keep our customers' trust and
confidence in us. Thus, we prohibit employees from
disclosing confidential or proprietary information
outside the Company that could be harmful to our
clients, or to the Company itself. Such information may
only be shared with other employees on a need-to-know
basis.
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Conflicts of Interest
We designed our policy to eliminate conflicts between
the interests of employees and the Company. Since it is
difficult to define what constitutes a conflict of
interest, employees should be sensitive to situations
which could raise questions of potential or apparent
conflicts between personal interests and the Company's
interests. Personal use of Company property or obtaining
Company services for personal benefit may constitute a
conflict of interest.
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Fraud and Similar Irregularities
We strictly prohibit any fraudulent activity that might
injure our customers and suppliers, as well as the
Company. We follow certain procedures concerning the
recognition, reporting and investigation of any such
activity.
Monitoring
and Compliance
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We
adopt a third-party monitoring program to confirm the
Company's compliance with this Code of Conduct.
Monitoring activities may include announced and
unannounced on-site factory inspection, review of books
and records relating to employment matters, and private
interviews with employees.
We designate one or more of our officers to inspect and
certify that the company's Code of Conduct is being
observed. Records of this certification shall be
accessible to our employees, agents, or third parties
upon request.
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