Est Task 2

Code of Ethics

Standards and Procedures:
It is the policy of this company to provide our code of ethics to each employee. All employees are expected to know and abide by the code of ethics, following it to the highest degree. All business conducted by employees of this company will follow this code.
Candor:
All employees will be free of bias, using impartiality in all business dealings.
Dignity:
All business will be conducted with respect and character, toward ourselves and others.
Responsibility:
Employees will be responsible to themselves, each other, the company, and the community we serve. Personal responsibility is held in high esteem.
Company Resources:
Company Resources are of the sole use of the company in the conducting of business. Use of the company resources for personal gain will not be tolerated by employees at any level.

Harassment:
It is the policy of this company to prohibit any and all harassment for any reason, to include but not limited to, religion, color, race, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, veteran status, or sexual orientation.
Confidentiality:
Employees will use the utmost discretion when discussing any matter of company business. Official business should never be discussed outside of work.
Discrimination:
This company will not tolerate discrimination of any kind at any time at any level. Discrimination occurs when any person or group is treated differently due to irrelevant attributes including race, age, national or ethnic origin, sex, marital status, pregnancy or family responsibilities, disability, political views, religious conviction, sexual orientation or gender.
Gift Giving:
Gifts are anything of value given to another party. The accepting and or giving of gifts by employees are prohibited when in connection to one’s position or assignment.

Prohibited Conduct:
All employees are expected to hold all federal, state, and local laws in high regard at all times, both while at work and away. Any acts of aggression or violence will not be tolerated at work and will result in termination.
Unacceptable Conduct:
Use of company resources for personal gain.
Disrespect or criticize other employees.
Use of poor ethics in business dealings.
Expected Conduct:
Always striving to do your job better
Respect, listen to, and lift up teammates
Participate
Disciplinary Actions:
All disciplinary action is conducted in the human resource office. The employee’s immediate supervisor will advise the human resource office of offence and action take to attempt to fix the situation. The matters seriousness will determine disciplinary action taken against the employee.
Disciplinary action can include but is not limited to warning, written warning, probation, suspension, demotion and or dismissal.
Ethics Training:
All new hires will attend ethics training given by the human resource office. Training will be designed to give new hires an understanding of company policies as well as the company’s expectations of the employee. All employees will have annual computer based ethics training as refresher. If an employee’s ethics are in question human resource may require an employee to retake new hire ethics training. Any changes in the ethics policy will be provide to employees for review before taking effect.
Reporting Misconduct, Monitoring and Audit of Ethics:
The company has an electronic form on the company website for anyone to anonymously report any unethical behavior. Misconduct can also be reported to any manager. Human resources will pull random employees for ethic testing. The results from these tests will stand to audit compliance with the company code of ethics.
Review and Improvement of Ethics Program:
The company code of ethics will remain under constant review by management and human resources. Employee opinion will be sought at staff meeting for needed improvement. Human resource office will gather information submitted for review and present it to management for possible change to policy. Upon any change of ethics code all employees will be notified and training updated to show changes.