I. I.EMPLOYEES AND OTHER TEAM MEMBERS

Ethical principles apply to everybody without exception

Applying the principle
In the company Turnov Screw Mill, a.s. ethical principles apply to everybody – from the members of the Board of Directors down to individual employees.

How you can help:

  • The company Turnov Screw Mill, a.s. does not allow anybody to pay revenge or menace anybody who, in good faith, reports unethical behaviour.
  • All employees are expected to observe the ethical principles of the company Turnov Screw Mill, a.s. and to help their co-workers and our partners understand the principles well and observe them.
  • The superiors will help their employees understand why these ethical principles and requirements are so important for us.
  • The superiors are obliged to offer you help in accord with the ethical principles.

We protect health and safety of all our employees.

Applying the principle
It is very important for us that our employees work in healthy and safe environment.

How you can help:

  • Always respect safety procedures and regulations.
  • Respect safety regulations and procedures concerning your work.
  • Try and find ways to improve safety in your workplace.
  • Try your best to prevent accidents and help the others in this effort.
  • Report all accidents, security risks and threatening problems.
  • Help create safe and pleasant working conditions.
  • Do not use violence and do not let others use it either.
  • We do not tolerate violent behaviour, threatening people or property not even bullying or manipulation.
  • At work you must not ever be under the influence of drugs, alcohol or other habit forming substances.
  • You must not be under the influence of any substance that might influence your attention or ability to work effectively and safely.
  • You are obliged to cooperate in all the legally prescribed checkups concerning you or your workplace which the company may carry out to look for alcohol or drugs.
  • You are supposed to report any workers under the influence of alcohol or other substances that may influence their attention or abilities.

We respect and appreciate diversity of our employees and support their personal self-fulfilment and development.

Applying the principle
The company Turnov Screw Mill, a.s. applies the principles of equal opportunities for everybody – in the process of recruiting, remuneration, promotion, disciplinary action, termination of employment or retirement.

How you can help:

  • Concentrate on the values maintained by people around you. Do not discriminate people on the basis of race, sex, sexual orientation, age, pregnancy, castes, physical or mental handicaps, membership in trade unions, ethnic groups, religion or other factors enumerated by law..
  • Fight against any harassment
  • Do not tolerate physical or mental harassment or any other misconduct
  • Harassment is understood as any behaviour or verbal expressions that can be perceived by others as offensive, menacing or humiliating
  • You may report possible cases of harassment to your boss or refer to the Personnel Department.

We protect the privacy of our employees.

Applying the principle
Information concerning our employees is only used for the needs of the company Turnov Screw Mill, a.s. We respect laws concerning the personal data protection and the right for privacy.

How you can help:

  • Respect the principles of the personal data protection
  • Be careful not to disturb other people´s privacy
  • When working with personal data be careful not to enable an unauthorized person to get access to the personal data.
  • Only work with data you need when performing your work
  • If you are not specifically authorised to do so, do not enter the systems or data bases containing personal data, such as records concerning employees or their personal records, information concerning customers, e-mails or personal messages of your colleagues.

We respect the freedom of association.

Applying the principle
Each employee has the right to associate freely, has the right to the working hours as stipulated by law and has the right for quantum meruit.

How you can help:

  • We respect the right to get organized and to negotiate collectively
  • The representatives of the employees’ unions are enabled to access the information that is necessary to carry out their function
  • We do not discriminate the representatives of trade unions
  • Members of our team work within the limitations as stipulated by law.
  • If circumstances require you to work above the usual working hours you will receive corresponding remuneration in accord with the law.
  • The company Turnov Screw Mill, a.s. will provide you with detailed information about deductions from wages relating to taxes.
  • Do not use violence and do not let others use it.
  • The system of remuneration in the company Turnov Screw Mill, a.s. is designed in such a way that our employees can satisfy their basic needs and at the same time they can improve their skills and increase qualifications.
  • Respect all the principles and processes of the company Turnov Screw Mill, a.s.
  • Respect all the laws concerning your work.
  • If you have suspicion that one of the employees of the company Turnov Screw Mill, a.s. or any of its business partners violated law or if there is a possibility this might happen, report that immediately to you superiors, another manager, Personnel Department or call the ethical helpline.

II. Company and shareholders

We protect confidential information about the company and respect confidential information concerning our competitors.

Applying the principle
It is forbidden to convey any confidential information about the company.

How you can help:

  • Protect confidential information concerning products, activities, plans or results of the company Turnov Screw Mill, a.s.
  • Even if you deal with other employees of the company Turnov Screw Mill, a.s., only convey confidential information to the people who need to know it for their work.
  • If you do not work with confidential information keep it in places that are not accessible by unauthorized people.
  • Protect private information of the third parties.
  • We compete honestly and respect rules. Do not use illicit and unethical methods to gain confidential information of the competitors.
  • If you are familiar with private and confidential information thanks to a previous employment with a competitor, keep the confidential information secret even from the company Turnov Screw Mill, a.s.
  • Protect confidential information of the company Turnov Screw Mill, a.s.
  • Protect all intellectual property.

We act in the best interest of the company Turnov Screw Mill, a.s. and we use its property only for commercial purposes of the company Turnov Screw Mill, a.s.

Applying the principle
You can neither give nor receive any gifts of any money value that might possibly influence commercial considerations inappropriately, nor use the information, property or authorization of the company Turnov Screw Mill, a.s. in your personal interest.

How you can help:

  • If you take commercial decisions, bear in mind the best long term interests of the company Turnov Screw Mill, a.s.
  • Do not seek for and do not receive any personal financial profit above the level of your current remuneration only because you are the managing director or a senior manager of the company Turnov Screw Mill, a.s.
  • Use the means of the company Turnov Screw Mill, a.s. cautiously.
  • Do your best for the company Turnov Screw Mill, a.s. to gain the full countervalue for the expenses approved by you.

We use the sources of the company Turnov Screw Mill, a.s., such as e-mail, access to the Internet, telephones and computers responsibly and honestly.

Applying the principle
The computing equipment of the company Turnov Screw Mill, a.s. should only be used for the purposes of the company.

How you can help:

  • Use the electronic media in the right way.
  • The information about the computer systems of the company, including e-mail and other systems related to the Internet is the property of the company Turnov Screw Mill, a.s. and should be only used for the company business activities.
  • Do not use the sources of the company to offend, bother or menace other people or to keep any illicit or offensive material.
  • If you are at work or if you use a PC or a mobile device of the company, do not visit web pages containing offensive material related to sex, race, religious beliefs or any other protected categories.
  • Do not use the equipment of the company to reproduce, display, distribute or keep materials violating somebody´s trademarks, copyrights, licences or any other rights concerning the intellectual property.

We do not tolerate corruption in our business activities; on the contrary, we try to fight it in an active way.

Applying the principle
We gain business opportunities thanks to the integrity of our products, services and personal behaviour. We do not seek for them by means of influencing commercial considerations of our customers. We do not tolerate any bribery in connection with any private or public persons.

How you can help:

  • Before you offer or give a gift to anybody, make sure the value of such a gift cannot be considered as an attempt to influence any official decision making.
  • Respect all the anti-corruption laws.

 We make sure our records and accounts are accurate and complete and are kept in accordance with law and the verified procedures that are typical of the given industry.

Applying the principle
Keep the accounts, bookkeeping and records veraciously.

How you can help:

  • The accounts and company records must be complete, accurate and reliable in accordance with the generally accepted procedures of accounting.
  • When recording transactions be accurate and thorough.
  • Do not create false or misleading items. Do not leave out or conceal any required information, such as the payment amount or its real purpose.
  • When creating, keeping or disposing of records and documents respect laws, directives and standards of the particular industries.
  • Do not keep any means, accounts or sources hidden or unrecorded.
  • If you find mistakes or discrepancies in accounts, report them to the superiors so that the bookkeeping might be corrected.

III. Our customers, competitors and suppliers

We believe in fair competition and do not use any illicit or unethical methods to take advantage of our competitors

Applying the principle
Using illicit or unethical methods to take advantage of competitors is forbidden.

How you can help:

  • Respect all the antimonopolist laws and the laws of economic competition.
  • Do not conclude any agreements or contracts with competitors or business partners of the company Turnov Screw Mill, a.s. that might limit the economic competition.
  • Do not spread false, unsubstantiated or misleading information neither about the company Turnov Screw Mill, a.s. nor about its competitors and their products.

IV. The public and our communities

We act in accordance with international law.

Applying the principle
We respect business laws in all the countries in which the company Turnov Screw Mill, a.s. is commercially active including the laws concerning the following:

  • Imports and exports of particular goods, services and technologies.
  • Ban of transactions with particular countries, companies or persons
  • Participation in international boycotts
  • Labelling products

How you can help:

  • Cooperate with companies and business partners who agree to respect international business laws.

We believe in the necessity of the protection of the environment.

Applying the principle
The products and the production methods of the company Turnov Screw Mill, a.s. reflect our long term tradition in the protection of the environment.

How you can help:

  • Respect the laws concerning the protection of the environment
  • Respect the procedures that are considerate towards the environment, such as waste management, reducing the consumption of the sources, recycling and energy saving methods.
  • Work on reducing emission of greenhouse and toxic gases.
  • Use the means of the company cautiously
  • Use and create products that are considerate towards the environment.

We provide the public with accurate information

Applying the principle
We pay attention to the fact that our communication is true and accurate. We do not spread misleading information.

How you can help:

  • Be careful when you discuss the company Turnov Screw Mill, a.s. outside the company premises – in the public, with friends and family, in the mediaor on the Internet, in the public forums, blogs or social networks.
  • The Persons representing the company Turnov Screw Mill, a.s. must provide the public with accurate information and they should avoid any speculations.

The toll free number of the ethical helpline of the company. 481 440 370 .