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Code of Business Conduct - Leighton Asia

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<strong>Code</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Conduct</strong>It is important to note that competitors are not only third parties external to the<strong>Leighton</strong> Group - a competitor may be an entity within the <strong>Leighton</strong> Group.In some cases, these requirements may be greater than required by local law. Insuch cases, compliance with these requirements takes precedence over local law.The consequences <strong>of</strong> ignoring laws in relation to anti-competitive practices may beserious. The <strong>Leighton</strong> Group, LAIO and LAIO Employees may be subject to criminaland civil proceedings resulting in damage claims, significant fines and possiblyimprisonment. The reputation <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Leighton</strong> Group or LAIO may also be damagedthrough adverse publicity and jeopardising customer and public goodwill.Your responsibilityYou must:• Fully comply with both the spirit and the letter <strong>of</strong> the applicable competition laws• Maintain the independence <strong>of</strong> LAIO in respect <strong>of</strong> judgement in pricing, marketingand selling <strong>of</strong> our services and never engage in anti-competitive conduct• Consider the appearance and implications <strong>of</strong> interacting with a competitor,whether in a business or personal setting. Avoid any action from which anticompetitiveconduct could be implied• Contact the legal counsel in your business if you have any concerns about:ooPossible or actual exchange <strong>of</strong> competitively sensitive information, directly orindirectly, with a competitorContact initiated or proposed by a competitor, which may give rise to anticompetitiveconduct• Not obstruct a competition authority by providing false or misleading information,concealing or destroying documents, or alerting any third party to the fact <strong>of</strong> aninvestigation• Maintain ethical and honest communications• Not knowingly provide incorrect information• Not tell half truths• Not allow our business partners to labour under a misapprehension• Not coerce, bully, harass, threaten or extort our business partnersLAIO Employees with responsibilities for procurement should be alert to instanceswhere LAIO may be subjected to anti-competitive behaviour by third parties whosupply products and/or services to LAIO. If you have concerns in regard to this, theyshould be raised with the LAIO Group General Counsel<strong>Leighton</strong> <strong>Asia</strong>, India and Offshore Revision 430 November 2014 Page 34 <strong>of</strong> 46

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