Gifts, Entertainment, and Favors:
Employees must not accept entertainment, gifts, or personal favors that could, in any way, influence, or appear to influence, business decisions in favor of any person or Company with whom or with which the Company has, or is likely to have, business dealings. Similarly, employees must not accept any other preferential treatment under these circumstances because their positions with the Company might be inclined to, or be perceived to, place them under obligation to return the preferential treatment.
Kickbacks and Secret Commissions:
Regarding the Company’s activities, employees may not receive payment or compensation of any kind, except as authorized under the Company’s business and payroll policies. In particular, the Company strictly prohibits the acceptance of kickbacks and secret commissions from suppliers or others. Any breach of this rule will result in immediate termination and prosecution to the fullest extent of the law.
Company Funds and Other Assets:
Employees who have access to Company funds in any form must follow the prescribed procedures for recording, handling, and protecting money as detailed in the Company’s policies and procedures or other explanatory materials, or both.
When an employee’s position requires spending Company funds or incurring any reimbursable personal expenses, that individual must use good judgment on the Company’s behalf to ensure that good value is received for every expenditure.
Company funds and all other assets of the Company are purposed for the Company only and not for personal benefit. This includes the personal use of Company assets, such as computers.