Ethics Code
Version 01_2024
The purpose of the Code of Ethic
1. The purpose of issuing the Ensana Company’s Code of Ethics is
to set out a framework of ethical standards of behaviour, based on Ensana's core values, which all our employees, guests and business partners must understand and comply with.
• to let all our employees, guests and business partners know that our Company is committed to complying with the law and the Code of Ethics and that we will protect all our employees, guests, and business partners against any violations of the Code of Ethics or any alleged wrongdoing.
• to deter persons who commit an offence or engage in objectionable conduct from infringing.
• to prevent the wrongful conduct from happening.
2. This Code of Ethics summarises and defines the standards of conduct and behaviour that:
• provide a good basis for identifying ethically objectionable conduct, acceptable conduct, and conduct that should be encouraged or sanctioned, as well as for impartial judgment.
• help us make the right decisions and take the right positions in the situations that arise, thus ensuring efficient and transparent operations.
• provide a moral basis for building and deepening trust in employee and business relationships.
• are consistent with the standards and requirements that guide those concerned in managing the relationships they have or wish to establish with their workplace, guests, and business partners, resolving problems or managing conflicts.
• protect all standard setters and contribute to the preservation of human dignity.
3. While this Code of Ethics does not contain standards for all possible conduct, nor does it provide guidance for all possible situations, our Company will continue to monitor and act against ethically objectionable conduct, whether committed by an employee, guest, business partner or any other third party, using all legal means available.
4. The present Code of Ethics does not contain provisions on offences covered by the Criminal Code (e.g.: theft, fraud, embezzlement, bribery, etc.) or other law violations. Where a legal standard is stricter than those described here, it must be complied with.
The scope of the Code of Ethics
Personal scope
Temporal scope
Core values and expectations towards all employees, guests, and business partners
We operate a whistleblowing system as required by law, the details of which are set out in a separate policy.
Lawfulness and fairness
Strengthening commitment, reliability, and loyalty
Openness, transparency
Protection of privacy and private interests
Combating bribery (corruption)
o To avoid bribery, our employees may accept business gifts only on a limited basis, depending on the circumstances and following the specific rules applicable to them.
o Our Company will consider a customary business gift (regardless of who gives it to whom) to be acceptable if the giving or receiving of the gift meets the following requirements:
- it is in line with local legal regulations.
- it is given on behalf of the business partner.
- it is appropriate to the circumstances, of the right type and value, and given at the right time, considering the reason for the gift.
- it is not given with the intent to influence, in exchange for an implied favour or benefit, to obtain or retain business or business advantage.
- it is non-cash or another cash substitute (e.g. vouchers or gift vouchers), excluding normal tips given to our employees directly involved in catering.
o Facilitation payments are small payments (in cash or in-kind) made to public officials for routine tasks that they are otherwise required to perform (e.g. to obtain permits, issue postal items or speed up the connection of utilities). Employees of our Company do not give or accept any Facilitation payments or kickbacks.
o Legitimate administrative fees paid to an organisation (other than an individual) and legitimate payments made for expedited procedures, as well as payments for which an invoice can be issued on request, are not considered facilitation payments.
o Our Company will not make any donations, whether in cash, kind or by any other means, to support any political parties or candidates as this may be perceived as an attempt to gain an improper business advantage.
o Our Company encourages the act of donating to charities – whether through services, knowledge, time, or direct financial contributions (cash or otherwise) – and agrees to disclose all charitable contributions it makes.
o Our Company will take all steps to ensure that charitable contributions are legal and ethical under local laws and practices and that donations are not used to facilitate or cover up acts of bribery. Donations may only be offered/transferred through the compliance officer of our company with prior approval of the compliance officer of CP Holdings Limited.
Competition
Conflict of interest
Safety and security
Communication
Employment and working conditions
Regarding employment conditions, the Company is committed to the following principles, which it equally requires from its business partners:
Harassment
- against all forms of insulting or degrading remarks about an individual's personal qualities, even if they are intended as a joke or light banter (verbal h.
- hostile and unethical communication, usually by one or more persons towards a person who is left in a vulnerable and hopeless situation (psychological harassment).
- can indicate to the harasser that their behaviour is unacceptable, they should stop, recalling that our Company firmly prohibits all forms of harassment, and that any violation of this prohibition will be strictly sanctioned within the limits of the law.
- note down what happened (date, time, place, situation, witnesses) and keep all evidence of the misconduct (e.g. documents, written conversations etc.).
- if you consider it necessary for our Company to intervene, report the incident immediately, even if you do not wish to disclose your name, through the dedicated reporting system.
Non-discrimination, equal treatment, equal opportunities
- Direct discrimination: if a person or group is, has been, or would be treated less favourably than another person or group in a comparable situation is, because of a perceived or real protected characteristic.
- Indirect discrimination: conduct which does not constitute direct discrimination, which appears to comply with the requirement of equal treatment, and which puts persons with a protected characteristic at a substantially greater disadvantage than a person or group in a comparable situation is, was or would be in a comparable situation.
- Unlawful segregation: if, based on a protected characteristic, a person or a group of persons is segregated from persons or groups of persons in a comparable situation, without this being expressly permitted by law.
- Retaliation: conduct which causes, seeks to, or threatens to cause legal harm to a person who objects to, initiates, or participates in proceedings for breach of the requirement of equal treatment.
Further Company expectations of our employees in the workplace and, in their relationships with colleagues
In the course of their work, our employees should
Employees in their workplace relationships
IV.3. Employees in private life should
Other specific conduct requirements for managers
In addition to meeting the general standards of conduct set out in this Code of Ethics, our top management is also required to comply with the following specific standards of conduct in the performance of their duties:
To enforce the principles of the Code of Ethics
For effective work managers should
In carrying out management tasks managers should
In their interactions with employees, managers should
On recruitment, change of job, and termination of employment managers should:
When assessing or recognising performance managers should
In their relations with interest representation and advocacy organisations managers should
Closing provisions
1. The content of the Code of Ethics must be communicated to all employees concerned through training.
2. Before hiring new employees, the Code of Ethics should be shared with new employees.
3. The Code of Ethics constitutes a part of all agreements drawn up with guests and business partners.
Prague, June 2024
Frank Halmos
Ensana CEO
