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2.2 Respect, Honesty and IntegrityThe personal dignity, privacy and personal rights of each individualmust be respected.We work together without prejudice with persons of different origin,culture, religion and age, irrespective of disability, skin color, sexualorientation, ideology or gender. We expect from our employees fairnessin their interaction with other colleagues.We make decisions affecting our co-workers, suppliers, customersand business partners exclusively on the basis of factual and objectiveconsiderations. We will not consider any inappropriate motives,such as discrimination or compulsion.These principles apply both to our conduct within the company aswell as to our conduct toward third parties.2.3 Responsibility for SCHOTT’s ReputationThe reputation of SCHOTT is essentially shaped by the behavior, theactions and the conduct of each individual employee. We are awarethat any illegal or inappropriate conduct by even one employee cando substantial damage to the company. All employees are thereforeobligated to respect, maintain and promote the reputation ofSCHOTT.2.4 Leadership, Responsibility and SupervisionCompliance with applicable laws and regulations, the SCHOTT Codeof Conduct as well as the corporate guidelines is the highest missionof each manager. All managers must organize and supervise theirareas of responsibility in such a way that no violations of these lawsand guidelines occur.The managers are responsible for the employees entrusted to them.They must make clear to them that compliance with the applicablelaws and regulations, the SCHOTT Code of Conduct as well as thecorporate guidelines takes priority under all circumstances and at alltimes, while at the same time giving them responsibilities of their6
own and freedom of action. However, the responsibility of the managersdoes not relieve the employees of their own responsibility.Managers must be accessible for questions as well as professionaland personal concerns of their co-workers. Managers must earn therespect of their staff by their exemplary personal behavior, performance,openness and social competence. They must always emphasizethe importance of ethically irreproachable conduct, promote itthrough personal leadership and suitable actions, and set clear, ambitious and realistic goals.3. Interaction with Employees3.1 Treaties and Recommendations of International OrganizationsApart from the laws and regulations of individual countries thereare a number of important treaties and recommendations of internationalorganizations which constitute important guidelines for theconduct of employees of companies doing business at the internationallevel.SCHOTT supports these recommendations and expects from its employeesworldwide a conduct which accords in particular with the1948 Universal Declaration of the Human Rights (UN) and the 1950European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and FundamentalFreedoms.SCHOTT is committed to honoring the declaration of principles ofthe International Labor Organization (ILO) concerning multinationalenterprises and social policy of 1977 as well as ILO’s declaration onfundamental principles and rights at work of 1998: elimination ofchild labor, abolishment of forced labor, anti-discrimination policies,freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining.7
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