Stimați angajați ai AEROSTAR S.A. Bacău:
AEROSTAR S.A. este o companie care urmăreste să-și realizeze afacerile (portofoliul de afaceri) urmărind cu consecvență respectarea celor mai înalte standarde de etică în afaceri. Avem obligația atât față de angajații nostri cât și față de investitori, clienți, furnizori, reprezentanți ai comunității locale, alți parteneri de afaceri, să fim onești, corecți și deschiși (sinceri) în toate activitățile noastre (de afaceri).
Ca angajați ai acestei companii vă confruntați zilnic cu o serie de decizii privind derularea afacerilor. Este responsabilitatea dvs. personală ca, în oricare din aceste situații, să susțineți nivelul înalt al standardelor companiei în ceea ce privește etica în afaceri. Nu este posibil ca acest Cod de Conduita și Etică al companiei să prevadă toate situațiile cu care vă puteți confrunta în activitatea dvs. Dacă vă veți folosi buna capacitate de gândire a afacerii și experiența, deciziile dvs. nu vor ridica probabil probleme de etică. Sperăm ca acest Cod să vă servească drept ghid pentru a face o alegere corectă atunci când vă veți confrunta cu o problemă de etică.
Vă recomandăm să folosiți acest prilej pentru a revedea politicile noastre și pentru a discuta orice nelămuriri pe care le-ați putea avea cu șefii dvs. sau direct cu Departamentul de Resurse Umane.
Liniile directoare stabilite în acest Cod trebuie urmate la toate nivelurile organizației de către directori, șefi de compartimente și angajați.
Ne bazăm pe dvs. în susținerea valorilor noastre de bază și în derularea afacerilor noastre în mod onest, corect și cu integritate.
Cu sinceritate,
PREȘEDINTELE CONSILIULUI DE ADMINISTRAȚIE
Filip Grigore
This Code of Business Conduct and Ethics contains general guidelines for conducting the business of the company consistent with the highest standards of business ethics. To the extent this Code requires a higher standard than required by commercial practice or applicable laws, rules or regulations, we adhere to these higher standards. Employees are required to familiarize themselves with Company policies that relate to their work.
This Code applies to all of our directors, heads of compartments and employees. We refer to all persons covered by this Code as “Company employees” or simply “employees.” We also refer to our general director and our financial director as our “directors”.
The Company has a simple and straightforward policy on the rules of conduct and behavior that are expected from employees and agents when they are conducting Company business. It is a commitment to do what is right, obey all laws, behave with integrity and honesty, treat people fairly, respect diversity, accept accountability, communicate openly and always behave in a way that is above reproach. Generally, these requirements are referred to as ethics. Each employee is required to maintain these high ethical standards at all times even though doing so may result in the loss of business to the Company. No employee of the Company should feel that a compromising or unethical situation is justified by any possible business result. Anyone who violates these rules of conduct and behavior could be subject to criminal or civil penalties and/or be subject to corrective action up to and including discharge from the Company.
All employees and agents are expected to apply the highest ethical standards and observe all laws and regulations applicable to the Company’s business. No employee or agent has the authority to require or approve any action that would break the law or violate ethical standards. Employees or agents should avoid situations where anyone engages in activities that would accomplish indirectly for the Company what the Company could not legally or ethically do directly.
This Code is not intended to be a comprehensive rulebook and cannot address every situation that our employees may face. In the event any employee feels uncomfortable about a situation or has any doubts about whether it is consistent with the Company’s ethical standards, he or she should seek help. We encourage our employees to contact their supervisors for help first. If a supervisor cannot answer a particular question or if an employee does not feel comfortable contacting his or her supervisor, such employee should contact the Human Resources Department.
All employees have a duty to report any known or suspected violation of this Code, including any violation of the laws, rules, regulations or policies that apply to the Company. If an employee knows of or suspects a violation of this Code, he or she should immediately report the conduct to his or her supervisor. The supervisor will contact the Human Resources Department, which will work with the employee and the supervisor to investigate the matter. If the employee does not feel comfortable reporting the conduct to a supervisor or does not get a satisfactory response, the employee may contact the Human Resources Department directly.
All reports of known or suspected violations involving the accuracy of the Company’s financial reports and related matters should be reported either directly to the internal Audit Committee or Human Resources Department.
All reports of known or suspected violations of the law or this Code will be handled sensitively and with discretion. Each supervisor, the Human Resources Department, the internal Audit Committee and the Company will protect each employee’s confidentiality to the extent possible, consistent with law and the Company’s need to investigate the matter.
It is Company policy that any employee who violates this Code will be subject to appropriate discipline, which may include termination of employment. This determination will be based upon the facts and circumstances of each particular situation. An employee accused of violating this Code will be given an opportunity to present his or her version of the events at issue prior to any determination of appropriate discipline. Employees who violate the law or this Code may expose themselves to substantial civil damages, criminal fines and prison terms. The Company may also face substantial fines and penalties and many incur damage to its reputation and standing in the community. The conduct of each employee, as a representative of the Company, if it does not comply with the law or with this Code, can result in serious consequences for both the employee and the Company.
The Company strictly prohibits retaliation against an employee who, in good faith, seeks help or reports known or suspected violations. Any reprisal or retaliation against an employee because the employee, in good faith, sought help or filed a report will be subject to disciplinary action, including potential termination of employment.
Waivers of this Code will be granted only in extraordinary circumstances. Waivers of this Code for employees may be made only by the general director or the financial director. Any waiver of this Code for our directors, general director or the financial director may be made only by our Board of Directors. Any waivers of this code will be disclosed to the internal Audit Committee.
A conflict of interest can occur when an employee’s private interest interferes, or appears to interfere, with the interests of the Company as a whole. Employees should avoid any private interest that influences their ability to act in the interests of the Company or that makes it difficult to perform their work objectively and effectively.
Identifying potential conflicts of interest may not always be clear-cut. The following situations are examples of conflicts of interest:
Improper Personal Benefits. No employee should obtain any improper personal benefits or favours because of his or her position with the Company.
Financial Interests. No employee should have a significant direct financial interest (as shareholder or otherwise) in any company that is a customer, supplier or competitor of the Company. A “significant financial interest” means (i) ownership of greater than 1% of the equity of a customer, supplier or competitor or (ii) an investment in a customer, supplier or competitor that represents more than 5% of the total assets of the latter (customer, supplier or competitor).
Loans or Other Financial Transactions. No employee should obtain loans or guarantees of personal obligations from, or enter into any other personal financial transaction with, any company that is a customer, supplier or competitor of the Company. This guideline does not prohibit transactions with banks, brokerage firms or other financial institutions.
Actions of Family Members. The actions of family members outside the workplace may also give rise to the conflicts of interest described above because they may influence an employee’s objectivity in making decisions on behalf of the Company. For purposes of this Code, “family members” include an employee’s spouse, brothers, sisters and parents, in-laws and children whether such relationships are by blood or adoption.
The Company requires that employees disclose any situations that reasonably would be expected to give rise to a conflict of interest. If an employee suspects that he or she has a conflict of interest, or something that others could reasonably perceive as a conflict of interest, the employee must report it to his or her supervisor or the Human Resources Department. The supervisor together with the Human Resources Department will discuss with the employee to determine whether they have a conflict of interest and, if so, how best to address it. Although conflicts of interest are not automatically prohibited, they are not desirable and may only be waived as described in “Waivers of the Code” above.
Accurate and reliable records are crucial to our business. Our records are the basis of our revenues statements, financial reports and guide our business decision-making and strategic planning. Company records include: payroll, travel and expenses reports, e-mails, accounting and financial data, performance evaluation records, electronic data files and all other records maintained in the ordinary course of our business, including those related to production or commercial.
All Company records must be complete, accurate and reliable in all significant respects. Undisclosed or unrecorded funds, payments or receipts are inconsistent with our business practices and are prohibited. Our employees are responsible for understanding and complying with our policy for keeping our records. Each employee should ask his or her direct supervisor if they have any questions in this respect.
Both applicable law and our policies require the disclosure of accurate and complete information regarding the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations. Inaccurate, incomplete or untimely reporting will not be tolerated and can severely damage the Company and result in legal liability.
The general director and the financial director of the Company and other employees working in the Accounting Department have a special responsibility to ensure that all of our financial disclosures are full, compliant with applicable regulations, correct accurate, timely and understandable. These employees must understand and strictly comply with generally accepted accounting principles and all standards, laws and regulations for accounting and financial reporting of transactions, estimates and forecasts.
Each employee has the obligation to comply with all laws, rules and regulations applicable to the Company’s operations. These include, without limitation, laws covering bribery and illegal commissions/fees, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets, non-disclosure of information, illegal political contributions, antitrust prohibitions, foreign corrupt practices, offering or receiving gratuities, environmental hazards, employment discrimination or harassment, occupational health and safety, false or misleading financial information or abusive misuse of corporate assets.
Each employee must understand and comply with all laws, rules and regulations that apply to his or her job position. If any doubt exists about whether a course of action is lawful, each employee should request advice from his or her supervisor or the Human Resources Department.
Each employee and/or agent has at least the following obligations related to business conduct and ethics:
shall maintain and strengthen the company’s trust in his or her person;
shall comply with and promote in all circumstances the image and prestige of the company AEROSTAR;
shall keep the obligation of faithfulness, loyalty and confidentiality towards the company in the execution of the job attributes both inside and outside the company, both during work hours and after work hours. This faithfulness obligation includes, without limitation, at least the following:
shall notify to the company any mistake or infringement of any norm applicable in the company which he/she may have made;
shall notify to the company any mistake or infringement of any norm applicable in the company made by any work colleague or any employee or company agent;
shall not work with other companies which are competitor to AEROSTAR, or shall not compete against the company AEROSTAR on any of its business lines;
shall not pursue and shall not make hidden revenues for him/herself or for others during work hours and inside the company;
shall keep the confidential information and commercial secrets during her or his employment with the company;
shall keep the confidential information and commercial secrets after termination of the work relations with the company.
shall promote in his/her activity a spirit of discipline and correctness, kindness, respect and promptness in the relations with the customers, giving to such relations the feature of priority and rejecting firmly to involve the company in unfair competition or contrary to professional ethics.
shall not claim and shall not receive from the work colleagues, from subordinates, or from his or her superiors or foreign persons material advantages for the execution of the job attributes or in order to favour the settlement of certain services which are not connected with the job attributes;
shall not wear or carry inside the company premises clothing items or any other items which have logos of competing companies, or of companies with which difficulties were encountered in the co-operation in the past, or which tried to recruit personnel in this way from our company;
shall have an adequate conduct in the relations with the colleagues and the management of the company;
shall comply with the quality standards required in the technical documentation;
shall use the materials and the company inventory solely for activities related to the scope of work or to the activity as an employee;
shall not “favour” the customers and/or the suppliers in the company’s commercial relations.
Such obligations as listed above is not limitative, such list to be completed naturally with any other obligations arising from the present code of business conduct and ethics, as well as from any regulations applicable to the company on these lines.
This Code of Business Conduct and Ethics contains general guidelines for conducting the business of the Company consistent with the highest standards of business ethics. If any employee has any questions about these guidelines, they should please contact their direct superior or the Human Resources Department.
All Company’s employees shall adhere to these standards.