Ethics policy(email).pdf - Vygon (UK)

Customer CareCode of EthicsThe Employee1. The rights of every employee will be respected asincorporated within the Vygon Equal Opportunities andDiversity Statement:• At Vygon everyone, regardless of circumstance,will be treated with dignity and consideration• Vygon works hard to create an environment thatwill foster mutual trust, openness and respect• Vygon employees are recruited, promoted andrewarded on the basis of merit alone.2. Vygon is an equal opportunity employer. All Vygonemployees will be treated fairly and withoutdiscrimination regardless of race, gender andtransgender, disability, age, sexual orientation andreligion or belief.3. Vygon recognises that people with differentbackgrounds, talents, skills, attitudes and experiencesbring fresh, independent knowledge and experience.4. Vygon is committed to encouraging, nurturing andpromoting appropriate talents, skills, attitudes andexperiences.The Company7. Vygon is committed to the promotion of the Codeof Ethics to those with whom we do business, asincorporated within the Vygon Professional Code ofEthics.8. Vygon insists upon the highest standards of personaland professional ethics. We will:• Practice our business with integrity, honesty andopenness• Respect the different cultures and the dignity andrights of individuals.9. Vygon will promote honest and ethical conduct,including the ethical handling of conflicts of interest;10. Vygon will promote full, fair, accurate, timely andunderstandable disclosure in company reports.11. Vygon will promote compliance with applicable lawsand governmental rules and regulations.12. Vygon will promote prompt internal reporting ofviolations of this code.5. Vygon respects the right of employees to joinassociations of their own choice.6. Employees should report any violations of this code.vygon@vygon.co.ukwww.vygon.comContent correct as of: 06/2011 Code: 015

Health and Safety13. Vygon is committed to application andenforcement of legislation under the Health andSafety at Work etc. Act 1974, which isincorporated within the Vygon Health and SafetyPolicy.The Community14. Vygon employees will act in ways that are beneficialto the quality of life in the communities where ouremployees live and work.UN Global Compact17. Vygon recognises and endorses all ten principlesof the United Nations Global Compact, which isincorporated within the Vygon Code of ConductPolicy.18. Vygon will endeavour to ensure all ten principles areemployed throughout the supply chain in which weare involved.Environment15. Vygon will display and promote a responsibleapproach to environmental sustainability, whichis incorporated within the Vygon EnvironmentalPolicy.16. Vygon will employ, where practical, technologiesand promote practices that minimise ourenvironmental impact.vygon@vygon.co.ukwww.vygon.com