Complying with Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery Laws / Requirements
This policy applies to
Vodafone Group Plc all Vodafone subsidiaries and Joint Ventures with an interest of 50% or more and their directors, officers and employees.
Policy Objectives
- To ensure compliance by Vodafone Group Plc and its subsidiaries with applicable anticorruption law and anti-bribery laws as violation could subject the Vodafone Group, its directors and employees to severe penalties, including fines and imprisonment, and could be very damaging to Vodafone’s business and its reputation.
The policy
It is the policy of the Board of Vodafone Group Plc that Group companies, and each director, officer and employee, will comply in all respects with all applicable domestic and international laws, standards and principles relating to anti-corruption in each of the jurisdictions in which the Group trades, operates or has any other activity. Each Group company will establish and enforce effective compliance procedures. Any breaches of those procedures will be treated as serious disciplinary offences. No form of bribery, including improper offers or payments to or from employees, will be tolerated.
Contacts by or on behalf of the Vodafone Group, or any company within the Group, with governments, government agencies or officials will be conducted in compliance with the Anti-Corruption Compliance Procedures & Guidelines and in a manner to ensure compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws. Any consultants, advisors or other agent retained to assist or represent Vodafone with respect to governments, government agencies or officials will be informed of this policy and required to comply with its terms. Such agents will be retained only in accordance with the Anti-Corruption Compliance Procedures. The responsibility for ensuring that each Group company complies with anti-corruption law rests with each Local Company Chief Executive Officer.