| Focusing on people |
Our Code of Ethics is valid for all of our subsidiaries in every country, it contains detailed directions on the lawful and ethical behaviour expected by the Group. Employees who feel that their rights have been violated may appeal to the Ethics Council, the Workers’ Councils, or Trade Unions.
In order to increase the ethical awareness of our employees, we publish monthly ethical articles in our corporate magazines in Hungary and Slovakia. We also arrange activities such as family days and other important company events, programs for new graduates and take part in their Assessment Centres. In 2009 we will publish our e-learning materials, ensuring ethical training for particular groups, e.g. expatriates, newcomers, managers, purchasers.
In 2008 our Ethics Council received 20 complaints including investigations, notifications and questions, five of the issues were related to discrimination and the Ethics Council found one ethical misconduct upon their investigation.
The increasing number of notifications and questions means that employees now pay more attention to ethical issues and have more trust in the Ethics Council.
The tables below highlight the number of questions and issues raised to the Ethics Council in 2008.
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Ethical issues
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Number of issues in 2008
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Questions
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7
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Notifications
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6
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Investigations
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7
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Total number of issues
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20
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Topics affected by ethical issues in 2008:
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Topics
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Number of issues
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Type of issues
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Shareholders
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3
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Notification
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Employees
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13
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Question, notification, investigation
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Health, safety and environment
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2
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Question, notification
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Business partners
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2
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Notification, investigation
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