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Company for processes related to the
preparation of economic or financial in-
formation.
•
To process all communications received
for resolution by the relevant depart-
ments of the FCC Group.
•
To promote awareness of the Code of
Ethics amongst FCC Group employ-
ees and among third parties external
to the Company.
•
To produce, on a regular basis, reports
on the level of compliance with FCC
Group’s Code of Ethics, raising recom-
mendations which are considered nec-
essary for improving the content, or to
facilitate its understanding and ensure
its safekeeping.
Direct line with the Compliance Office
Employees and third parties may send
communications relating to matters con-
cerning the Code of Ethics, confidentially,
in good faith, and without fear of retali-
ation, to the “Compliance Office” via the
following means:
Compliance office, hans-hruschka-
Gasse 9, 2325 himberg, Austria clear-
ly marked “Private and Confidential”
operated
by the Compliance Office
Investigation
The Compliance Office shall appoint
a responsible person from its team
to respond to communications. The
handling of correspondence relating to
harassment shall be conducted so as to
ensure a prompt response and to put
into place precautionary measures when
necessary.
Duty of confidentiality
All communications received shall be treat-
ed confidentially.
The data of the parties involved may only
be disclosed in the event that the reported
incident leads to legal proceedings by any
administrative or judicial authority, and
only as far as said data is required by such
authorities, as well as in accordance with
the relevant Data Protection Law applica-
ble in each country. In addition and only
where appropriate, only the data of those
individuals implicated in any subsequent
investigation or judicial proceedings initi-
ated as a consequence of the investiga-
tion will be disclosed.
The Company will publicise the existence
of this communication process in an ap-
propriate manner.
FCC group
'
s commitments
•
Commitment to the dis-
semination of and compliance
with the Code of Ethics:
The FCC Group shall always provide all
employees with the means necessary
to inform themselves of the Code of
Ethics and ensure that the principles of
conduct contained within the Code are
respected.
•
Commitment to non-retaliation:
The FCC Group has formally declared
that it will not tolerate any form of
retaliation carried out against those
individuals who make use of the estab-
lished procedures to report any irregular
conduct.
•
The right to personal dignity:
The right to personal dignity is one of
the most important rules of conduct at
FCC Group. The Compliance Office and
any of the other FCC Group authorities
responsible for managing issues relat-
ing to this Code of Ethics will afford this
right the highest level of protection.
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