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17 <strong>Daimler</strong> 360 DEGREES – Facts on Sustainability 2008<br />

Society<br />

DMO<br />

Society<br />

SO1 Core<br />

SO2 Core<br />

Nature, scope, and effectiveness of any programs<br />

and practices that assess and manage the impact of<br />

operations on communities, including entering,<br />

operating, and exiting<br />

Percentage and total number of business units<br />

analysed for risk related to corruption<br />

Global<br />

Compact<br />

Principle 10<br />

Principle 10<br />

Print (page) Web Further information<br />

Degree<br />

13–16, 20–21,<br />

65–68<br />

58<br />

14–16<br />

x<br />

x<br />

–<br />

–<br />

In the process of setting up our compliance<br />

organization, we first identified the risks of<br />

corruption within the <strong>Daimler</strong> Group. We then<br />

classified and prioritized the resulting tasks in<br />

line with the scale of the risks. <strong>This</strong> was carried<br />

out according to countries and business units.<br />

In the months that followed, the resulting<br />

compliance measures plan, which was agreed<br />

upon with the supervisory committees, was<br />

systematically implemented. Since the beginning<br />

of 2006, for example, we have conduced<br />

“compliance reviews” in more than 30 sales<br />

companies and business units in over 25<br />

countries. In 47 sales companies and/or<br />

business units (including 20 units in 2007) we<br />

established standardized control systems that<br />

help to ensure behavior that is in keeping with<br />

the highest legal and ethical standards.<br />

Following the successful introduction of new<br />

processes and control systems, the affected<br />

business units are once again subjected to our<br />

internal auditing measures. The relevant risk<br />

parameters are regularly determined <strong>by</strong> <strong>means</strong><br />

of central databases, so that the compliance<br />

status that has been achieved is also sustained.<br />

Compliance due diligence measures are used to<br />

check the integrity of new sales partners. The<br />

relevant information is collected, processed, and<br />

analyzed <strong>by</strong> <strong>means</strong> of questionnaires and<br />

in-depth background research. When this<br />

preliminary investigation is concluded, a clear<br />

recommendation is issued <strong>by</strong> Corporate<br />

Compliance Operations and the Legal<br />

department. In addition, all general distributors,<br />

dealers, and agents have anti-corruption clauses<br />

in their contracts.

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