Cognizant's Core Values and Standards of Business Conduct

C O R E VA L U E S A N D S TA N D A R D SJJokes: 37KKey contacts: 50LLobbying: 36MManager responsibility for compliance: 6Marketing practices: 14-15Material information: 33Meals: 24, 30Media inquiries: 35Misuse of company property, funds and time: 10-11, 36-37NNational origin: 37Network Systems and Support: 42Non-public information: 33OOffensive material, downloading of: 11Offensive or hostile environment: 39Outside employment: 24-25PPass codes, passwords: 12,21Patents: 18Penalties, criminal and civil: 33Personal business, using company time or resourcesfor: 10-11, 36-37Political activities: 36-37Political contributions: 36-37Press releases: 35Pricing information: 15Privacy: 18Promotional materials: 14Proprietary information: 17Public information: 14, 28Public reports: 12, 28QQuestions, whom to ask: 6, 50RRace: 37Record keeping: 12-14Relatives: doing company business with/hiring of: 24Religion: 10, 37-38Reporting violations of company policy: 6, 16, 18, 38Reports, handling of: 7-8, 16Respectful treatment of associates, customers, andbusiness partners: 37Retaliation: 7, 16SSafety: 37Sales and marketing data: 12-14Security: 10-11, 19Securities: 33-34Securities analysts, contact by: 35Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC): 12-13Securities law: 13, 33Sexual harassment: 37Sexual orientation: 37Signature authority: 13Significant customer relationships: 23-27Significant financial interest: 23-27Significant supplier: 23-26Slurs, racial, religious: 37Software: 11, 21, 22Stock/s: 33-24TTheft: 10-11, 28Time sheets: 13Trademarks: 17, 18Travel & Entertainment: 29-32VVerbal threats: 37Violations, reporting of: 6, 7Violence: 37WWaivers: 847